Walter Nixon's impeachment set the preciedent for the name of what proceeding that stemmed from a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by Paula Jones?
Walter Nixon Walter Louis Nixon Jr. (born 1928) is a former United States federal judge who was impeached by the House of Representatives and removed from office by the Senate. Because Nixon's impeachment was for perjury, the case was cited as a precedent in the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton.
Seling v. Young Seling v. Young, 531 U.S. 250 (2001) , was a United States Supreme Court case decided in 2001. The case concerned a challenge to a civil commitment statute for sexual predators in Washington state. The petitioner tried to differentiate this case from previous ones before the Supreme Court which upheld civil commitment statutes. The Court rejected the challenge to the law over the objection of a single Justice.