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[https://casetext.com/case/ferguson-v-maddox Ferguson v. Maddox], the Pa Ferguson Texas case from the 1920's, and the [https://lawliberty.org/impeachment-after-leaving-office/#.YAWFqwooq7w.twitter Impeachment After Leaving Office] article that discusses it. Ferguson resigned after his impeachment but before his Senate trial. He was impeached after he started a big fight with the President of the University of Texas. In 1924 he wanted to run again, but his wife, Ma Ferguson, ran in his place because the Texas Supreme Court ruled that his Senate trial was valid and disqualified him from office. She ran [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._Ferguson against the KKK's candidate] and won. | [https://casetext.com/case/ferguson-v-maddox Ferguson v. Maddox], the Pa Ferguson Texas case from the 1920's, and the [https://lawliberty.org/impeachment-after-leaving-office/#.YAWFqwooq7w.twitter Impeachment After Leaving Office] article that discusses it. Ferguson resigned after his impeachment but before his Senate trial. He was impeached after he started a big fight with the President of the University of Texas. In 1924 he wanted to run again, but his wife, Ma Ferguson, ran in his place because the Texas Supreme Court ruled that his Senate trial was valid and disqualified him from office. She ran [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._Ferguson against the KKK's candidate] and won. | ||
| − | Jonathan Turley, "Senate Trials and Factional Disputes: Impeachment As a MadisonianDevice," Duke Law Journal 49, no. 1 (October 1999): 1-146 | + | {{Quotation| |
| + | When Belknap's case was exhibited to the Senate by the Housemanagers, it was framed as articles of impeachment against "WilliamW. Belknap, late Secretary of War."' That first sentence wouldprove the entirety of the issue for a minority, but a determinativenumber, of senators. | ||
| + | --Jonathan Turley, "Senate Trials and Factional Disputes: Impeachment As a MadisonianDevice," Duke Law Journal 49, no. 1 (October 1999): 1-146 }} | ||
Review: Impeachment, Attainder, and a True Constitutional Crisis: Lessons from the Strafford Trial Craig S. LernerSource: The University of Chicago Law Review, Autumn, 2002, Vol. 69, No. 4 (Autumn, 2002), pp. 2057-2101 https://www.jstor.org/stable/1600627 | Review: Impeachment, Attainder, and a True Constitutional Crisis: Lessons from the Strafford Trial Craig S. LernerSource: The University of Chicago Law Review, Autumn, 2002, Vol. 69, No. 4 (Autumn, 2002), pp. 2057-2101 https://www.jstor.org/stable/1600627 | ||
Revision as of 17:15, 18 January 2021
Ferguson v. Maddox, the Pa Ferguson Texas case from the 1920's, and the Impeachment After Leaving Office article that discusses it. Ferguson resigned after his impeachment but before his Senate trial. He was impeached after he started a big fight with the President of the University of Texas. In 1924 he wanted to run again, but his wife, Ma Ferguson, ran in his place because the Texas Supreme Court ruled that his Senate trial was valid and disqualified him from office. She ran against the KKK's candidate and won.
When Belknap's case was exhibited to the Senate by the Housemanagers, it was framed as articles of impeachment against "WilliamW. Belknap, late Secretary of War."' That first sentence wouldprove the entirety of the issue for a minority, but a determinativenumber, of senators. --Jonathan Turley, "Senate Trials and Factional Disputes: Impeachment As a MadisonianDevice," Duke Law Journal 49, no. 1 (October 1999): 1-146
Review: Impeachment, Attainder, and a True Constitutional Crisis: Lessons from the Strafford Trial Craig S. LernerSource: The University of Chicago Law Review, Autumn, 2002, Vol. 69, No. 4 (Autumn, 2002), pp. 2057-2101 https://www.jstor.org/stable/1600627
