There is no doubt that impeachment, as renowned Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story said, should be a measure of last resort. But as the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives said in 2019, "[w]hen faced with credible evidence of extraordinary wrongdoing … the House [must]investigate and determine whether impeachment is warranted." The "extraordinary wrongdoing" of Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas in causing an unprecedented border, national security and illegal immigration catastrophe warrants such an investigation.
impeachment, in common law, a proceeding instituted by a legislative body to address serious misconduct by a public official. In Great Britain the House of Commons serves as prosecutor and the House of Lords as judge in an impeachment proceeding. In the federal government of the United States, the House of Representatives institutes impeachment proceedings by authorizing a formal inquiry by the House Judiciary Committee, which may then recommend articles of impeachment (an impeachment resolution) for a vote by the full House (articles of impeachment may also be introduced in the House without a formal inquiry). If the articles are
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WASHINGTON, United States On June 17, 1972, Watergate erupted, one of the most spectacular political scandals in US history which led two years later to the resignation of president Richard Nixon. Here is a timeline of how the events unfolded.- Five 'burglars' - On the night of June 16 to 17, 197