IMPEACHMENT GROUNDS. PART 3, HAMILTON, WILSON AND STORY (98-895) / Charles Doyle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doyle, Charles, author.

Contributor:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, issuing body.

Series:

Report / Congressional Research Service ; 98-895

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Impeachments--United States.

Impeachments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Updated irregularly

Edition:

[Library of Congress public edition].

Place of Publication:

Washington DC : [publisher not identified], 1998.

Summary:

This is a collection of selected background materials pertinent to the issue of what constitutes impeachable misconduct for purposes of Article II, section 4 of the United States Constitution quoted below. It includes excerpts from No.65 of the Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, and from the writings of his contemporaries Supreme Court Justices James Wilson and Joseph Story. It is the third of six segments that together with footnotes comprise, Impeachment Grounds: A Collection of Selected Materials, CRS Report 98-882(pdf) . The President, Vice President and all Civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. U.S.Const. Art. II, ¿4.

Notes:

The CRS report home page provides access to all versions published since 2018 in accordance with P.L. 115-141; earliest version dated 1998.

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OCLC:

1159701163