Clinton steps down in 1998

What if the Monica Lewinsky scandal led to the Supreme Court ruling against Clinton in the impeachment process?
for one, Al Gore would become president- but would he be a Lyndon Johnson or a Ford? Would the results of the election of 2000 have been different
 
What if the Monica Lewinsky scandal led to the Supreme Court ruling against Clinton in the impeachment process?
for one, Al Gore would become president- but would he be a Lyndon Johnson or a Ford? Would the results of the election of 2000 have been different

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Impeachment in the US is carried out entirely by the Congress. The impeachment proceedings are initiated by the House, debated, and if it passes there is referred to the Senate, which then essentially hosts a trail against the accused. At no point at all is the Supreme Court involved, as the Senate constitutionally holds the "sole power to try all impeachments."
 
:confused:

Impeachment in the US is carried out entirely by the Congress. The impeachment proceedings are initiated by the House, debated, and if it passes there is referred to the Senate, which then essentially hosts a trail against the accused. At no point at all is the Supreme Court involved, as the Senate constitutionally holds the "sole power to try all impeachments."

I think he's confused by the fact that, constitutionally, the Chief Justice is involved in impeachment proceedings and presides over the Senate during the trial.
 
My sense is that US public opinion was badly misjuged by the political establisment at that time.

Most folk, I believe, felt that this was about Bill marriage and stains on dreses and a lot less important than the economy.

However many people were paniked. Clinton resigning is not impossible.

I presume that a President Gore would win in 00.

Of course if it happened in 98, that is before 20 jan 1999, and means Gore could not run in 04
 
Of course, had someone listened to Hussein Kamil in 1995...and challenged Clinton on Desert Fox, we could have had a President Gore...or perhaps President Thurmond...
 
Of course, had someone listened to Hussein Kamil in 1995...and challenged Clinton on Desert Fox, we could have had a President Gore...or perhaps President Thurmond...

Thurmond? like Strom I was in my 90's back then strom thurmond... don't think so

Clinton resigning over the scandal's otl arc is asb, the scandal would have to be worse to compel his resignation

I have no ideas on how to make the Lewinsky scandal worse than otl
 
Thurmond? like Strom I was in my 90's back then strom thurmond... don't think so

Clinton resigning over the scandal's otl arc is asb, the scandal would have to be worse to compel his resignation

I have no ideas on how to make the Lewinsky scandal worse than otl

Erm, aren't you writing one now? :p
 
Thurmond? like Strom I was in my 90's back then strom thurmond... don't think so

Clinton resigning over the scandal's otl arc is asb, the scandal would have to be worse to compel his resignation

I have no ideas on how to make the Lewinsky scandal worse than otl
This isn't the Lewinsky Scandal. This is Impeachment about to be voted on, Clinton launching Desert Fox...and someone bringing this up...
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9509/iraq_defector/kamel_transcript/index.html
http://www.downingstreetmemo.com/docs/unscom950822.pdf
Why Thurmond? As President Pro Tempore of the Senate, he was third in line for he WH.
 
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