1、Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS Web98-896 AOctober 30, 1998Impeachment Grounds:Part 4A: Articles of Past Impeachments(name redacted)Senior SpecialistAmerican Law DivisionSummaryThis is a collection of selected background materials
2、 pertinent to the issue of whatconstitutes impeachable misconduct for purposes of Article II, section 4 of the UnitedStates Constitution quoted below. It includes summaries and excerpts of impeachmentsunder this section. It is the fourth of six segments that together with footnotes comprise, Impeach
3、ment Grounds: A Collection of Selected Materials, CRS Report 98-882. Dueits length, this part has itself been divided in half and consists of two reports, Parts 4Aand 4B. The President, Vice President and all Civil Officers of the United States, shall beremoved from Office on impeachment for, and Co
4、nviction of, Treason, Bribery, or otherhigh Crimes and Misdemeanors. U.S.Const. Art. II, 4American Impeachment ExperiencePresident Andrew JohnsonA. Proceedings:1. The first resolution for impeachment was defeated in the House (Dec. 12,1867), III HINDS PRECEDENTS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF TH
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