Legal Opinion
Hastings v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 17, 1992No. Civ. A. 91-1713PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
SPORKIN, District Judge.
Judge Alcee Hastings, a federal district court judge, was removed from office by the United States Senate after he was convicted on articles of impeachment on October 20,1989. Impeachment is an extraordinary remedy. As an essential element of our constitutional system of checks and balances, impeachment must be invoked and carried out with solemn respect and scrupulous attention to fairness. Fairness and due process must be the watchword whenever a branch of the United States government conducts a trial, whether it be in a criminal case, a civil case…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Hastings v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1993
- Honorable Alcee L. Hastings v. United States of America United States Senate Honorable Walter J. Stewart James A. Baker, III and Ralph Mecham, Director, Administrative Office of the United States CourtsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1993
- Waggoner v. HastingsDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1993