Nixon v. United States
Significance, Another Nixon, A Different Impeachment, Simple Words: "try" And "sole"
Petitioner
Walter Nixon, U.S. District Judge
Respondent
United States, et al.
Petitioner's Claim
That Senate Rule XI, which allowed a Senate committee to hear evidence against an impeached official and present a report to the full Senate, violated the Constitution's Impeachment Trial Clause.
Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
David Overlock Stewart
Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Kenneth Starr, U.S. Solicitor General
Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, Anthony M. Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor, William H. Rehnquist (writing for the Court), Antonin Scalia, David H. Souter, John Paul Stevens, Clarence Thomas, Byron R. White
Justices Dissenting
None
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
13 January 1993
Decision
That Nixon's claim regarding Senate Rule XI was nonjusticiable--that is, it was outside the Court's control, since the Constitution provided that the "Senate shall have sole Power to try any impeachments."
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