Illicit Relations, Impeachment, and Iraq
On December 19, 1998 the 42nd President of the United States, William Clinton, was impeached by the House of Representatives on two of the four counts proposed by the House Judiciary Committee. Despite being acquitted on criminal counts by the US Senate on February 12, 1999, the Clinton impeachment process left a profound footprint on the American political system. The long term ramifications of the Clinton-Lewinski scandal have only begun to take shape, and the subject is one of great academic study in the field of American politics. The scandal’s influence can be seen through the lens of constitutional precedence, political party morality, and influence on political culture as a whole, as well as historical ramifications from the following national elections.
I intend to examine all four of these angles in the course of my research, dedicating much of my efforts to explaining the constitutionality of impeachment, and its precedents throughout history, before moving into the details of the Clinton impeachment itself. From that point my research will follow the impeachment process into the effects on political culture, morality, and historic implications that were brought about by the scandal within the following eight years. As I stated above, the historical ramifications of the Clinton impeachment process are still occurring, therefore much of my findings will be assertions based on my understanding of the events of the last few years.
The Clinton impeachment process has had a dramatic effect on the political system that we as Americans are a part of, and I intend to examine many of the effects on this system that the scandal has propagated or produced.
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