Walter Nixon
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Sep 19, 2026
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United States.
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Not Richard Nixon, but Walter Nixon, a federal judge who was impeached and convicted.
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Nixon challenged the specific procedures the Senate used during his trial, arguing they were unconstitutional because the full Senate didn't hear the evidence, only a committee did.
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He wanted the Supreme Court to intervene.
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In Nixon v.
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United States, and this is Walter Nixon, a federal judge, not the former president Judge Nixon, was impeached by the House and tried by the Senate.
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But the Senate didn't have all one hundred senators sit for the trial.
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They used a committee to hear the evidence and report back to the full Senate.
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In Nixon v.
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United States and, to be clear, not President Nixon, but Walter Nixon, a federal judge who was impeached, he sued.
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Right.
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He claimed the Senate didn't try him properly because they used a committee to hear the evidence instead of the full Senate floor.