Political Quotes

“I further ask that the answer be referred to the Impeachment Trial Committee on the Articles Against Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., established by the Senate on March 17, 2010; and that the answer of the respondent, G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., to the Articles of Impeachment exhibited against him by the House of Representatives be printed for the use of the Senate sitting in the trial of said impeachment. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. It is so ordered. The Answer to the Articles of Impeachment is as follows: IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES SITTING FOR THE TRIAL OF AN IMPEACHMENT In re: Impeachment of G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana Answer of Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr. to the Articles of Impeachment The Honorable G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., a Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, as commanded by the summons of the Senate of the United States, answers the accusations made by the House of Representatives of the United States in the four Articles of Impeachment it has exhibited to the Senate as follows: Preamble THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' IMPEACHMENT OF JUDGE PORTEOUS IS UNPRECEDENTED AND UNJUSTIFIED For the first time in modern history, the House of Representatives has impeached a sitting Article III Judge who has never been charged with a crime.…”