1、Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS Web98-894 AOctober 30, 1998Impeachment Grounds:Part 2: Selected Constitutional ConventionMaterials(name redacted)Senior SpecialistAmerican Law DivisionSummaryThis is a collection of selected backgro
2、und materials pertinent to the issue of whatconstitutes impeachable misconduct for purposes of Article II, section 4 of the UnitedStates Constitution quoted below. It includes excerpts from the notes of the debates atthe Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and from a few of the statera
3、tifying conventions. It is the second of six segments that together with footnotescomprise, Impeachment Grounds: A Collection of Selected Materials, 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, 4Constitutional Convention of 1787The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia that produced the United StatesConstitution began its substantive work with the presentation of the Resolutions ofEdmund Randolph of V
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