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Republic on Trial
Schell, Jonathan | February 8, 1999 issue

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The article discusses the public opinion regarding the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton on sexual relation charges. If Clinton was guilty as charged, he should be removed from office. But just at this moment, the public's interest is already low, as if to try to starve impeachment to death by inattention. Lawyer Charles Canady said that the potential threat posed to the institutions by presidential misconduct would in fact be heightened by the popularity of the offending President. For the harmful influence and example of a popular President would pose a far greater danger to the well-being of the U.S. government than the influence and example of an unpopular President.

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IMPEACHMENTS; CLINTON, Bill, 1946-; PRESIDENTS -- United States; PUBLIC opinion; POPULARITY; UNITED States
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