ABSTRACT
When presented with a similar opportunity to remove Prime Minister Indira Gandhi based on a corruption conviction, the Supreme Court of India demurred and dismissed the charges, allowing the Prime Minister to remain in office. While the same situation has never occurred in the United States, it is important to note that the U.S. Supreme Court did decide a narrow question of immunity in the trial of President Nixon; but the Court left the actual impeachment in the hands of Congress. Pakistan can learn lessons from both countries in forging a new path of standardized judicial restraint in the face of executive disqualifications or impeachments.
