Ford on Impeachment
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President Ford wrestled with the issue of impeachment— before the Watergate scandal. Ford led the failed effort to impeach Supreme Court Justice William Douglas in 1970— partly over writings that appeared in a magazine— that also contained nude photographs.
Speaking on the House floor, Ford said, "an impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history."
President Ford wrestled with the issue of impeachment— before the Watergate scandal. Ford led the failed effort to impeach Supreme Court Justice William Douglas in 1970— partly over writings that appeared in a magazine— that also contained nude photographs.
Speaking on the House floor, Ford said, "an impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history."
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