Question

Impeachment hearings were held in ______, while the Nixon case was pending before the Supreme Court.

a. March 1974
b. June 1974
c. May 1974
d July 1974

Answer 1

Impeachment hearings for President Richard Nixon were held in July 1974, where articles of impeachment were passed by the House Judiciary Committee, and before Nixon's Supreme Court case mandated the release of incriminating tapes.

Step-by-step explanation:

The impeachment hearings for President Richard Nixon were held in July 1974. During this time, the House Judiciary Committee voted to pass three of the five articles of impeachment against President Nixon. Nixon was in the midst of a Supreme Court case that resulted in the mandatory release of the White House tapes, which exposed his involvement in the Watergate scandal. His resignation on August 8, 1974, came before the full House could vote on the articles of impeachment, thus avoiding the likelihood of impeachment and removal by the Senate due to strong bipartisan consensus.