Andrew Jackson - the only president to have been censured

[dflprincess]

for withholding documents from Congress.

Just heard that on the local news.

[SaveElmer]

1. And that was later expunged...

Witholding documents was just the justification. It actaully involved the politics surrounding the Second Bank of the US and Jackson's perceived accumulation of power among Whig opponents.

edited because it sounded as though I was making the exact opposite point I had intended

[radio4progressives]

2. exactly ... scandulous autocratic behavior..

shame, shame, shame..

[SaveElmer]

3. Jackson or the Whigs?

The censure was bogus and based on political opposition. The main complaint against Jackson was that he actually made use of the veto for reasons other than congressional error. Modern notions of executive power were born with Jackson.

[whitestarz]

4. I'm not really up on it...

What did he do to get himself in such hot water?