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THE PORTEOUS IMPEACHMENT: THE FACTS

With the completion of the trial portion of the Porteous impeachment, the parties are required to submit the proposed findings of fact as established in testimony. Below are the material facts in the trial in a filing that we submitted to the Senate.

The findings are divided by Articles of Impeachment and may help explain why particular witnesses were called as well as lines of questioning.
Porteous Proposed Findings of Fact

119 thoughts on “THE PORTEOUS IMPEACHMENT: THE FACTS”

  2. Anonymously Yours:

    Wow, that site is an eye-opener! I’m not really a learned history buff, but this confirms alot of the negatives about Christopher Columbus. One of my sons sent me a video protesting the American holiday of honoring Columbus. I’ll attempt to link it.

    Reconsider Columbus Day [HD]
    With all due respect – Reconsider Columbus Day and pass this on….
    Length: 1:04

    YouTube – Reconsider Columbus Day Reconsider Columbus Day Presented by Nu Heightz Cinema rethink columbus day reconsider christopher columbus anti columbus day
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il5hwpdJMcg

  3. Anonymously Yours:

    Wow, that site is an eye-opener! I’m not really a learned history buff, but this confirms alot of the negatives about Christopher Columbus. One of my sons sent me a video protesting the American holiday of honoring Columbus. I’ll attempt to link it.

    Reconsider Columbus Day [HD]
    With all due respect – Reconsider Columbus Day and pass this on….
    Length: 1:04

  4. The Portuguese Christopher Columbus!!

    http://www.reformation.org/portuguese-columbus.html

    And I believe everything the Latin scholars of the day had to say….Especially since the RCC was in control oh yeah and of the slave trade as well, collecting every royalty they could…..yeah baby…I can’t swear to it but I have heard that the taste is still bad….

  5. Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy. He settled in Portugal in 1470. He later moved to Spain. He set out to sail to India for wealth and a new spice route. He was financed by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. He was off about 10,000 miles and landed in the West Indies. He thought it was India. He actually did not “discover” America. The land was already inhabited. History holds him, to some degree, accountable for the future enslavement of these natives by the Spanish.He died in Spain in 1506 at age 55. He should be attributed with establishing a connection to the New World and Europe. It was well known at the time that the world was round. After 1492 another explorer, Amerigo( Americus) Vespucci sailed and landed and declared the new land was not Asia. The new land was named America. There are alot of myths and folklore about Columbus. Beatific explorer-saint vs. brutal mistreatment of his men and the inhabitants.

    I’m of Italian descend and I was taught he was a man to be honored. My grandparents were also mistreated when they arrived her from Italy prior to the 1900’s, to make a new life. He was probably the only Italian “hero” they had to look up to. I choose to honor his good traits.

  6. Aahh … Cafe’ du Monde for chicory coffee(cafe au lait), flaming desserts at Court of Two Sisters, Jackson Square with the artists and street musicians (native Nawlins hated Jackson), and off the French Quarter (close to the 9th Ward) was the best jazz spot in the world … Chester/Paul’s.

  7. Frank Mascagni III,

    Wasn’t Columbus Portuguese and financed by Spain? My history may be a little screwed up from time to time…..Weren’t the Turks in control of some of the empires the Italians claim to have controlled….

  8. I used to live three blocks from Pascal’s.

    I’m getting hungry just thinking about their Oysters Bienville.

    It’s hard to beat having a world class restaurant within walking distance. Hell on the waist line, but the walk helped (that’s what I tell myself anyway). That’s the past though.

    You couldn’t pay me enough to live in post-Katrina New Orleans, but I will still go there to eat.

  10. Thinkin’ ’bout Louisiana [Buddha and Judge Porteous]: Walk with me now through the sights, smells, tastes and sounds of New Orleans {Nawlins]:Pascal’s Manale Restaurant on Napolean for original Barbeque shrimp, Restaurant Antoine on St. Louis for crab and french filet with brown sauce & breadpuddin’, Grandpa Elliott on Toulouse and Royal, Felix’s oyster bar on Iberville for a dozen with a Dixie beer, Cafe’ du Monde for chicory coffee(cafe au lait) and beignets at Decatur,Central Grocery Company at Decatur for the original muffuletta, pralines at the tourist shoppes along the way, crawfish, flaming desserts at Court of Two Sisters, I could go on and on. Jackson Square with the artists and street musicians. Best food in the country. Jon taught at Tulane and has ties to New Orleans also.

  11. Buddha Is Laughing :

    Good to hear from you again. Being new to the “family” I worry when my little ones are not around. There is way too much mystery about you. Keep in touch. I need your sounding board skills to keep me honest on my slant on Judge Porteous. Welcome home. As we southern boys all know, you can take us out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the boy! Frank

  12. Buddah It would be tough to live where you live but you have some fine taste in music, brother.

  13. 1) I do love a good Chianti. Fava beans and human liver optional.
    2) I’m not a green recluse, although it’s a close call. I may be developing agoraphobia. I’m getting to where I don’t like to go out in public, but that may have less to do with me personally than with “the public” in my current situs. In either case, my bite may be poisonous, but it is rarely fatal.
    3) Although not Italian in the slightest, I’m Black Irish enough to have been mistaken for a paisano on more than one occasion.
    4) As to witchcraft? I’ll let Ms. Nina Simone say it for me . . .

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  14. Good afternoon, Francesco.

    I have cut and pasted this latest info, which is most interesting, and will read it tonight.

    Have a great weekend … here, the weather is supposed to be beautiful which means we can get our winter preparations done.

  16. FOUND ON SENATOR CLAIRE McCASKILL’S GOVERNMENT WEB SITE 10-8-2010

    Home > Reference Home > Impeachment

    Impeachment

    If a federal official commits a crime or otherwise acts improperly, the House of Representatives may impeach—formally charge—that official. If the official subsequently is convicted in a Senate impeachment trial, he is removed from office.
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    Origins and Development

    Constitutional Authority Article I, section 2, clause 5 Article I, section 3, clause 6 & 7
    Impeachment: An Overview of Constitutional Provisions, Procedure, and Practice CRS Report (pdf)

    Grounds for Impeachment

    Article II, section 4
    Impeachment Grounds: A Selection of Collected Materials CRS Report (pdf)
    Impeachment Grounds: Part 2: Selected Constitutional Convention Materials CRS Report (pdf)

    Process and Rules

    An Overview of the Impeachment Process CRS Report (pdf)
    To Arrest an Impeached Senator Feb 5,1789
    Senate Adopts First Impeachment Rules Feb 5, 1789
    Senate Impeachment Trial Powers Upheld Jan 13, 1993
    The Impeachment Process: An Interview with Senate Parliamentarian Floyd M. Riddick (pdf)

    Impeachment Trials in the Senate

    Cabinet Members

    War Secretary’s Impeachment Trial May, 1876

    Judicial Impeachments

    Senate tries Supreme Court Justice Nov 30, 1804
    Congressional Oversight of Judges and Justices CRS Report (pdf)

    Presidential Impeachment

    Andrew Johnson The Senate Votes on Presidential Impeachment May 16, 1868
    ”Scene from the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. . .”

    William Jefferson Clinton Senate Publications Related to the Impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton (GPO Web site)

  17. INTERESTING ARTICLE ON THE FIRST IMPEACHMENT “RULES” 1789, Frank

    Home > Art & History Home > Historical Minutes > 1787-1800 > Senate Adopts First…

    1787-1800

    February 5, 1798
    Senate Adopts First Impeachment Rules

    On July 7, 1797, the House of Representatives informed the Senate of its determination to present articles of impeachment against Senator William Blount (pictured), a Tennessee Federalist. The House based its decision on evidence provided by President John Adams that Blount had conspired to seize Spanish Florida and Louisiana with British and Indian help. Although the Senate expelled Blount the following day, the House persisted with its impeachment plans.

    On February 5, 1798, as eleven House managers prepared to present five articles of impeachment against Blount, the Senate adopted a rule to ensure their respectful reception. This very first Senate impeachment rule provided that “All persons are commanded to keep silence while the Senate of the United States are receiving articles of impeachment against ___ ___ on pain of imprisonment.”

    Four days later, following delivery of the impeachment articles, the Senate adopted an oath, as required by the Constitution, binding members to “do impartial justice, according to law.” This action followed a bitter debate that raised significant questions about the Senate’s power to set its own impeachment rules. Federalist senators, who held a nearly two-to-one majority, contended that the Senate could establish such an oath by simple resolution. The opposing Jeffersonian Republicans, supported by several Federalists, responded that the Senate had no right to set its own oath. In their view, such action must be accomplished like any other legislation, by statute with the necessary involvement of the House and president. Otherwise, they warned, an impeached party might “deny the jurisdiction of the Senate, sitting under an oath of their own making,” and some senators might refuse to take an improperly established oath. Citing state legislative precedents and the constitutional provision granting to the Senate sole Power to try all Impeachments, the Federalists prevailed in their determination that the Senate should have complete authority to set the rules for such trials. Congress then adjourned for ten months.

    When the Senate reconvened in December 1798, it adopted additional impeachment rules. Drawn from British parliamentary and American colonial and state practice, these rules serve as the earliest foundation for those in effect today. On January 11, 1799, the Senate dismissed the impeachment case against Blount since he no longer held office.

    Reference Items:

    Melton, Bruckner F., Jr. “Federal Impeachment and Criminal Procedure: The Framers’ Intent.” Maryland Law Review 52 (1993): 437-57.

  18. AY,

    I’d say brown recluses have penchant for the pudgy green guy.

    *****
    Blouise,

    So you say BIL is working his magic? You don’t suppose he’s been dabbling in witchcraft lately. Maybe he’s been getting inspiration from Ms. O’Donnell.

  19. AY and Elaine,

    I suppose one could say he’s attempting to improve the environment … his environment … we must take a backseat as he works his magic …

  20. but then again Elaine M., he does have a penchant for brown recluses…but hey…what can I say….

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