Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part
Walter L. Nixon, Jr. v. United States of America
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 5, 1991No. 90-5246Published
1Concurring in part, dissenting in partHarry T. Edwards, Circuit Judge
In this case, Walter L. Nixon, Jr., a former United States District Judge, challenges the constitutionality of his conviction by the United States Senate on two articles of impeachment and his subsequent removal from the bench. Nixon contends that the Senate violated its express constitutional duty to “try” his impeachment by delegating most of the actual trial work to a special committee of 12 senators. The District Court found that Nixon had presented a significant constitutional question but that it was nonjusticiable under the political question doctrine. See Nixon v. United States, 744…
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