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Judicial branch. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) Federal District Court Judge was impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate of soliciting a bribe. (1989) [ 373] Harry Claiborne (D-NV) Federal District Court Judge was impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate on two counts of tax evasion.
Graft (politics) Graft, as understood in American English, is a form of political corruption defined as the unscrupulous use of a politician's authority for personal gain. Political graft occurs when funds intended for public projects are intentionally misdirected in order to maximize the benefits to private interests.
Democratic backsliding [ a] is "a process of regime change towards autocracy that makes the exercise of political power more arbitrary and repressive and that restricts the space for public contestation and political participation in the process of government selection". [ 7][ 8] The Jim Crow era is among the most-cited historical examples of ...
Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden is casting an ethics complaint filed against him and an unflattering poll shared by his Republican primary opponent as “election interference.”. Hayden ...
The embattled congressman and serial liar took to X late on Thursday night to paint himself as a victim of ‘dirty’ politics and ‘poison’ from the House Ethics Committee
Politics portal. v. t. e. Negative campaigning is the process of deliberately spreading negative information about someone or something to worsen the public image of the described. A colloquial, and somewhat more derogatory, term for the practice is mudslinging . Deliberate spreading of such information can be motivated either by honest desire ...
Redbud Woods controversy. Religion and politics in the United States presidential campaign, 2008. Reparations for slavery in the United States. Pat Robertson controversies. Mitt Romney dog incident. Mitt Romney's 47 percent comments. Rush Limbaugh–Sandra Fluke controversy.
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