Nixon v. United States
| Nixon v. United States | |
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| Argued October 14, 1992 Decided January 13, 1993 | |
| Full case name | Walter L. Nixon, Petitioner v. United States, et al. |
| Citations | 506 U.S. 224 (more) 113 S. Ct. 732; 122 L. Ed. 2d 1; 1993 U.S. LEXIS 834; 61 U.S.L.W. 4069; 93 Cal. Daily Op. Service 279; 93 Daily Journal DAR 574; 6 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 821 |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Case history | |
| Prior | 744 F.Supp. 9 (D.D.C. 1990), aff'd, 938 F.2d 239 (D.C. Cir. 1991), cert. granted, 502 U.S. 1090 (1992). |
| Subsequent | None |
| Holding | |
| The contention that Senate committees appointed to gather evidence in an impeachment trial are unconstitutional is nonjusticiable because impeachment is a political question. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Rehnquist, joined by Stevens, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas |
| Concurrence | Stevens |
| Concurrence | White (in judgment), joined by Blackmun |
| Concurrence | Souter (in judgment) |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. Art. I, Section 3, Clause 6 | |
Nixon v. United States, 506 U.S. 224 (1993), was a United States Supreme Court decision that determined that a question of whether the Senate had properly tried an impeachment was political in nature and could not be resolved in the courts if there was no applicable judicial standard.[1]
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- Text of Nixon v. United States, 506 U.S. 224 (1993) is available from: CourtListener Google Scholar Justia Library of Congress OpenJurist Oyez (oral argument audio)