HEARINGS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

  • Impeachment Watch

    Impeachment Watch Highlights and Analysis of the House Judiciary Committee’s Impeachment hearings. GUEST: Ron Walters, professor at University of Maryland. GUEST: Ruth Coniff, Washinton editor for Progressive magazine. GUEST: Jamie Raskin, professor of law

  • Democracy Now! December 11, 1998

    Clinton Impeachment Hearings; Texas Execution of Canadian Postponed |(14 Minutes) Clinton Impeachment Hearings The House Judiciary Committee weighed final arguents yesterday over alleged “high crimes and misdemeanors” by President Clinton. Speaker Newt Gingrich notified the full House to prepare for a historic impeachment vote next week. Several official sources said Democrats laboring to fain support…

  • Democracy Now! December 14, 1998

    Impeachment Update; History of Impeachment; Puerto Rico Plebiscite; |(23 Minutes) Impeachment Update A defiant President Clinton yesterday said that he would not resign from office, and once again denied committing perjury, as Republican calls for his resignation intendified. An update on the continuing investigation. GUEST: Allan Hirsh, Constitutional Scholar and freelance writer. He is the…

  • Democracy Now!

    Teamsters and James Hoffa; Hurricane Carter and the Death Penalty; Clinton Impeachment |(18 Minutes) Teamsters and James Hoffa Forty-one years after his famous father was elected to the same post, James P. Hoffa this weekend won the presidency of the Teamsters Union. GUEST: Stanley Aronowitz, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the City University of NY…

  • Democracy Now! December 9, 1998

    Constitutional Lawyer Michael Ratner Analyzes Hearings; Debate over International Criminal Court |Constitutional Lawyer Michael Ratner Analyzes Hearings GUEST: Michael Ratner, attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights analyzes the House Judiciary Committe’s impeachment hearings. Today, the Presidents continuing defense. Debate over International Criminal Court The proceedings against former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet have sparked a…

  • Impeachment Watch

    Impeachment Watch Highlights, including defense counsel closing statement by Charles Ruff, and analysis of the House Judiciary Committee Impeachment Hearings with GUEST: Elizabeth Holtzman, witness to the House Judiciary Committee.