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Walter Louis Nixon Jr. (born December 16, 1928) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi who in 1989 was impeached by the House of Representatives and removed from office by the Senate.
Jan 2, 2024 · Walter L. Nixon. Judge Nixon was the senior federal district court judge for the Southern District of Mississippi. In 1986, he was convicted of perjury and sentenced to five years in prison for lying in testimony before a federal grand jury about his attempt to influence the prosecution of a business associate’s son.
Apr 26, 2024 · BBC News, Suffolk. A World War Two veteran who described the frontline of the Italian campaign as "hell on Earth" has died aged 101. Walter Nixon, from East Bergholt in Suffolk, was a wireless...
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Nov 4, 1989 · The Senate voted overwhelmingly today to remove Federal District Judge Walter L. Nixon Jr. from the bench by finding him guilty on two of three articles of impeachment. The 61-year-old former...
Learn about the history and process of impeachment in the United States, from the Constitutional Convention to the present day. Find out how Walter Nixon, Jr. was impeached and convicted in 1989, and how the Senate used a trial committee to hear evidence.
Oct 14, 1992 · Facts of the case. Walter Nixon, a Federal District Judge, was convicted of a felony, making false statements to a grand jury. The House of Representatives voted three articles of impeachment; impeachment in the Senate followed. In accordance with Senate Rule XI, a Senate committee heard the evidence and reported its findings.
Nixon, a federal judge convicted of crimes and impeached by the House, sued to challenge Senate Rule XI that limited his participation in the trial. The Court held that his claim was nonjusticiable, based on the text and history of the Impeachment Trial Clause.
