Role of the Senate in Judicial Impeachment Proceedings. : Procedure, Practice, and Data.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law.

Criminal procedure.

Impeachments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (31 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2010.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Examines history, practice and procedures of the Senate in fulfilling its constitutional obligation to try and vote whether to convict and impose judgment upon judges impeached by the House of Representatives. Reviews impeachment process, and parallels and contrasts this institutional mechanism and the criminal judicial process; discusses rules governing Senate impeachment proceedings; explains preparation of Senate for impeachment trials; describes role of Senate Presiding Officer; examines the use of impeachment trial committees, highlighting procedures of the committee during various stages of its proceedings; addresses both deliberation and judgment by the full Senate; and covers length of Senate impeachment trials, examining in particular whether the use of impeachment trial committees has affected the length of Senate trials.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Sept. 2012). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

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Microfiche version: Library of Congress.Congressional Research Service. Role of the Senate in Judicial Impeachment Proceedings

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