1、Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS Web98-899 AOctober 30, 1998Impeachment Grounds:Part 6: Quotes from Sundry Commentators(name redacted)Senior SpecialistAmerican Law DivisionSummaryThis is a collection of selected background material
2、s pertinent to the issue of whatconstitutes impeachable misconduct for purposes of Article II, section 4 of the UnitedStates Constitution quoted below. It includes quotations from treatises and law reviewson the question. Unfortunately, the constraints of time and space, among others,preclude presen
3、tation of little more than a hint of the views of the cited works. It is thelast of six segments that together with footnotes comprise, Impeachment Grounds: ACollection of Selected Materials, CRS Report 98-882. The President, Vice President and all Civil Officers of the United States, shall beremove
4、d from Office on impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or otherhigh Crimes and Misdemeanors. U.S.Const. Art. II, 4Charles Black Impeachment: A Handbook39-40 (1974)“Omitting qualifications, and recognizing that the definition is only anapproximation, I think we can say that high Crime