Tag: Art. 2 Sec. 4
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Nixon Impeachment Proceedings
The Nixon Impeachment ProceedingsFor the first time in more than a hundred years,1 Congress moved to impeach the President of the United States, a move forestalled only by the resignation of President Nixon on August 9, 1974.<a name=t2 href=#f2 targe…
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Persons Subject to Impeachment
Persons Subject to ImpeachmentDuring the debate in the First Congress on the "removal" controversy, it was contended by some members that impeachment was the exclusive way to remove any officer of the government from his post,1 but Madison …
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Impeachable Offenses
Impeachable OffensesThe Convention came to its choice of words describing the grounds for impeachment after much deliberation, but the phrasing derived directly from the English practice. On June 2, 1787, the framers adopted a provision that the executive should "be removable on impeachment & c…
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Impeachments of Judges
Other Impeachments of JudgesThe 1803 impeachment and conviction of Judge Pickering as well as several successful 20th century impeachments of judges appear to establish that judges may be removed for seriously questionable conduct that does not violate a criminal statute.<a name=t1 href=#f1 target=&…
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Johnson Impeachment
The Johnson ImpeachmentPresident Andrew Johnson was impeached by the House on the ground that he had violated the "Tenure of Office" Act 1 by dismissing a Cabinet chief. The theory of the proponents of impeachment was succinctly put by Repr…
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Judges
Judges (Persons Subject to Impeachment)Article III, section 1 specifically provides judges with "good behavior" tenure, but the Constitution nowhere expressly vests the power to remove upon bad behavior, and it has been assumed that judges are made subject to the impeachment power through…
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Judgment
Judgment-Removal and Disqualification (Impeachment)Article II, section 4 provides that officers impeached and convicted "shall be removed from office"; Article I, section 3, clause 7 provides further that "judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from …
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Judicial Review of Impeachments
Judicial Review of ImpeachmentsIt was long assumed that no judicial review of the impeachment process was possible, that impeachment presents a true "political question" case, i.e., that the Constitution's conferral on the Senate of the "sole" power to try impeachments is a t…
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Impeachment
House of Representatives – Officers and Powers of ImpeachmentThe House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment….
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Clinton Impeachment
The Clinton ImpeachmentPresident Clinton was impeached by the House, but acquitted by vote of the Senate. The House approved two articles of impeachment against the President stemming from the President's response to a sexual harassment civil lawsuit and to a subsequent grand jury investigation …
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Chase Impeachment
The Chase ImpeachmentThe issue of the scope of impeachable offenses was early joined as a consequence of the Jefferson Administration's efforts to rid itself of some of the Federalist judges who were propagandizing the country through grand jury charges and other means. The theory of extreme lat…