Mecham v. Gordon

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Nowhere in the United States is this system of structured liberty [i.e., separation of powers] more explicitly and firmly expressed than in Arizona.”
• \This court does have power to insure that the legislature follows the constitutional rules on impeachment.\
• \The separation of powers required by our constitution prohibits us from intervening in the legislative process.\
• \Trial in the senate is a uniquely legislative and political function. It is not judicial.\
• “Nowhere in the United States is [separation of powers] more explicitly and firmly expressed than in Arizona.”
• “[T]he Constitution gives the Senate, rather than this Court, the power to determine what rules and procedures should be followed in the impeachment trial.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).