Legal Opinion
Hastings v. US Senate, Impeachment Trial Com.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 5, 1989No. Civ. A. 89-1602PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
GESELL, District Judge.
At the eleventh hour United States District Judge Alcee L. Hastings seeks by this complaint to stop his impeachment proceedings in the United States Senate which are scheduled to commence July 10, 1989. Judge Hastings contends that the contemplated impeachment hearing is procedurally flawed because a committee is being used as part of the process. This, he contends, will deny him due process because the trial will not be conducted entirely before the full body of the Senate, which he urges is required by Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution. District Judge…
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- Gravel v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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- United States v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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