Chris Bell Quotes
I filed the ethics complaint against Tom DeLay not because I'm a Democrat and he's a Republican or even because he drew me out of my congressional seat but because he engaged in corruption to further his plans to disenfranchise voters in Texas.
The Democrats had Gerrymandered Illinois very much the way the Republicans did it in Texas in 2000, thus enabling Stephen A Douglas to defeat Abraham Lincoln for Illinois Senator. However, when Lincoln realizing that he, a relative minor political figure, had come so close despite the gerrymandering, he was emboldened to run for the Presidency.
Chase a Supreme Court justice at the time was a very partisan Federalist. The Senate was controlled by the Democratic Republicans. Randolph, then a member of the House of Representatives, orchestrated the impeachment of Chase because of his extreme partisanship. The Senate in trying the case had to decide for the first time what “high crimes and misdemeanors” the actually means in terms of impeachment. A number of the Democratic Republicans joined the Federalists in taking the view that however undesirable the Supreme Court justice’s partisanship would be, that did not reach the threshold of a “high crime and misdemeanor.” Chase was acquitted. In this sense this impeachment trial was similar to that of President William Clinton almost 200 years later. The behavior was undesirable but did not amount to a high crime and misdemeanor, Clinton was also acquitted.
He was the Russian Reformer who ended serfdom and gave land to the peasants and then was assassinated for his liberality
Even in modern times Alabama election manipulation is in great part driven by the views of an ever diminishing racist white proportion of the voters.
Defending the Sudanese repression of political parties and dissent:
After several days of protest, Milosevic, yielded.
Bruce was the first Black to complete a full term in the Senate
Roosevelt was responding to proposals that the Governor have the power to remove state and local officials for corrupt acts earlier in their career. With a number of big city political machines nominating and electing officials who had previously been convicted of corruption, there was a movement to give this authority to the Governor. In Boston, Mayor Curley was elected while he was in jail serving time for Corruption as an example. Still for FDR and many others, that was the prerogative of the electorate, and must not be usurped by a governor. In states where corruption was totally rampant, like Texas, the reformers passed laws making convicted criminals ineligible to serve in public office.
Referring to the Supreme Court 5-4 decision—Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission--that allows corporations and rich individuals to spend unlimited amounts of money campaigning to the advantage of particular candidates.
Robert Christopher Bell is an American politician, attorney, and former journalist. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and South Texas College of Law. Bell served five years on the Houston City Council from 1997 to 2001, followed by one term in the United States House of Representatives from Texas's 25th Congressional District in Houston from 2003 to 2005.
