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HASTINGS v. U.S.

Civ. A. No. 91-1713.

802 F.Supp. 490 (1992)

Alcee HASTINGS, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

September 17, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Davidson, Senate Legal Counsel, Morgan J. Frankel, Asst. Senate Legal Counsel, Theodore C. Hirt, D. Scott Barash, Attys., Civil Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the government.

Robert S. Catz, Stephanie Y. Moore, Washington, D.C., William M. Kunstler, Ronald L. Kuby, New York City, for plaintiff.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SPORKIN, District Judge.

Judge Alcee Hastings, a federal district court judge, was removed from office by the United States Senate after he was convicted on articles of impeachment on October 20, 1989. Impeachment is an extraordinary remedy. As an essential element of our constitutional system of checks and balances, impeachment must be invoked and carried out with solemn respect and scrupulous attention to fairness. Fairness and due process...

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