Efforts to impeach Ronald Reagan
During his eight years in office there were efforts to impeach Ronald Reagan, but none of those efforts got so far as a vote by the lower house of Congress.[1]
In 1983, Congressional Representative Henry B. Gonzalez was joined by Ted Weiss, John Conyers Jr., George Crockett Jr., Julian C. Dixon, Mervyn M. Dymally, Gus Savage and Parren J. Mitchell in proposing a resolution impeaching Reagan for "the high crime or misdemeanor of ordering the invasion of Grenada in violation of the Constitution of the United States, and other high crime or misdemeanor ancillary thereto."[2]
Gonzalez initiated a second impeachment attempt following the revelation that Reagan had authorized trading arms for hostages in the Iran-Contra scandal.[2][3][4]
Edwin Meese acknowledged, in testimony at the trial of Reagan aide Oliver North, that officials in the Reagan administration had been worried that the 1987 impeachment could result in Reagan having to leave the office of President.[5]
References
- ↑ Impeach Obama! (And FDR, Eisenhower, Carter, Reagan, Etc.), by Frank James at National Public Radio (NPR), 8/27/2013, last access 12/15/2022. Quote: "Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, especially, all inspired more or less serious calls for their impeachment."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 John Nichols. The Genius of Impeachment: The Founders' Cure for Royalism, The New Press.
- ↑ Texan Acts for Impeachment, The New York Times, 1987-03-06, p. 18.
- ↑ Doyle McManus. Reagan Impeachment Held Possible: It's Likely if He Knew of Profits Diversion, Hamilton Says, Los Angeles Times, 1987-06-15.
- ↑ Meese Testifies That Impeachment Was a Worry, by David Johnston at the New York Times 3/29/1989, last access 12/15/2022