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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.
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...
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.
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...
Oct 14, 1992 · A case involving the impeachment and removal of Federal District Judge Walter Nixon, who was convicted of a felony and challenged Senate Rule XI. The Supreme Court held that the question of whether or not the Senate rule violated the Constitution was nonjusticiable and not subject to judicial review.
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The Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Walter Nixon, was convicted of committing perjury before a grand jury but refused to resign from office even after he had been incarcerated.
Oct 14, 1992 · The Supreme Court held that Senate Rule XI, which allows a committee of Senators to hear evidence against an impeached individual and to report that evidence to the full Senate, violates the Impeachment Trial Clause, Art. I, § 3, cl. 6. The Clause provides that the "Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments." The Court reasoned that the language and structure of the Clause demonstrate a textual commitment of impeachment to the Senate and that the use of the word "try" in the Clause's first sentence does not require judicial review.
