First justice to resign under pressure?
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I don't think this is the answer you want but look under this web site. It may help.
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Conrad Burns needs to concede! Finish his tenure with dignity and let the political process take its course... \n\nThis is a good day for America and Americans!
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He would have to resign.  The Republicans could then put in their next candidate for President and give them a headstart.  But Gunner Dick won't do it - he's too bullheaded.
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It is a regular political process.  True, the parties are bickering as usual, but there has always been controversy surrounding new Supreme Court justices.  If everyone's political party was swiched (Bush would become a Democrat, for example), the exact same ranker would be going on.  Justices are the top echelon of the legal system, so they are very important.  Also, they are appointed for life, so you had better make sure you're picking the right guy.  Unfortunately, Mr. Alito is being confirmed during a particularly nasty period of political polarization, so many of the questions and issues aren't real questions, they're sensationalist propaganda from both sides of the isle.  In case you missed the memo, abortion is NOT the only legal question of the day, yet that seems to be what most of the fuss is about.  Lastly, since they are appointed for life, this man has the potential power to influence American jurisprudential thought for perhaps the next 30 or 40 years.  Needless to say, he'll be making rulings long after Bush is gone, and the next guy, and the next guy. He'll also survive Republicans losing their majority in Congress, then gaining it, then losing it, etc.  So essentially, theres a big fuss because they are getting ready to install someone who is going to effecting law (and by extention politics) for many years to come.  I personally think the Court will be fine with Alito because, unlike the talking heads on CNN and FoxNews who seem fixated on abortion and other trivial matters, I've been watching the hearings live and reading the transcripts (I'm a law student), and he actually seems less polarizingly conservative and more qualified than even Republicans are admitting to.
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He's been a great servant where ever he went. But no one can battle time. I think Cafu realises this and before he gets pushed aside, he better choose the timing of his exit.
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He was faced with imminent impeachment due to the Watergate scandal, so rather than suffer the embarrasment, he resigned.\n\nHe was the first President to resign.
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Recent releases under the 70-year rule indicate that intelligence services put both the Church and the prime minister under pressure to force Edward to a decision about Wallace Simpson, because of his and her unsavoury  connections with Nazi Germany.  They took a hard line because they wanted him to abdicate or break his connection with Simpson, not because they felt so strongly about divorce.  Charles's batty views on architecture and organic farming aren't likely to produce such vehement opposition, and the both the CofE and the English legal system has loosened up a lot on divorce in the last 70 years.  It's now much easier to get a legal divorce, and while the church still officially disapproves, most vicars will at least bless if not re-marry divorced people.
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who came in first will be served first
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Outburst Disrupts Courtroom\n\ns
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I think your question gives you an answer!\n\nThey must pressurise Mugabe to resign. And Mbeki must stop propping up his regime by giving him support.
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No.  Nixon resigned before impeachment was voted on in the House.\n\nClinton was impeached, and aquitted in the Senate.
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I think there have been a few Rogersons who have resigned.  Do you have any more details like first name, profession, post resigning from?
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Of course. Ben was Alan's protege selected and endorsed to replace him. It is not uncommon for people in his position to consult the previous holder of that position.
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i think the leader is a human who can make mistakes...God will forgive him...it was smart to quit...unlike other leaders who demand to stay in power...
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Whoever the President chooses. Traditionally, it is the Chief Justice. In fact, it doesn't have to be a member of the supreme court, just a federal judge (Johnson was sworn in on the plane to Dallas following Kennedy's death by a Sarah T. Hughes, a federal judge).\n\nDuring the last inauguration, it was widely believed that Chief Justice Rehnquist would not be available due to his health, and there were plans to have Justice Scalia or Justice Thomas administer the oath.
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Obstruction of justice.  It depends on the situation.
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Actually, it apperars that Melville Weston Fuller was the Chief Justice at that time. \n\nMorrison R. Waite was the previous Chief Justice