1、Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS Web98-895 AOctober 30, 1998Impeachment Grounds:Part 3: Hamilton, Wilson and Story(name redacted)Senior SpecialistAmerican Law DivisionSummaryThis is a collection of selected background materials per
2、tinent to the issue of whatconstitutes impeachable misconduct for purposes of Article II, section 4 of the UnitedStates Constitution quoted below. It includes excerpts from No.65 of the FEDERALISTPAPERS by Alexander Hamilton, and from the writings of his contemporaries SupremeCourt Justices James Wi
3、lson and Joseph Story. It is the third of six segments thattogether with footnotes comprise, Impeachment Grounds: A Collection of SelectedMaterials, CRS Report 98-882. The President, Vice President and all Civil Officers of the United States, shall beremoved from Office on impeachment for, and Convi
4、ction of, Treason, Bribery, or otherhigh Crimes and Misdemeanors. U.S.Const. Art. II, 4The Federalist PapersNo. 65 (Hamilton)“A well constituted court for the trial of impeachments, is an object not more to bedesired than difficult to be obtained in a government wholly elective. The subjects of itsj