Presidential Impeachment: Past and Prsent
The involuntary removal of a sitting President of the United States has never occurred in our history. The only legal way such can be accomplished is by the impeachment process. Article I § 2 of the United States Constitution gives the House of Representatives the sole power to impeach (make formal charges against) and Article I § 3 gives the Senate the sole power to try impeachments. Article II § 4 of the Constitution provides as follows: "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." Thus, the operative legal standard to apply to an impeachment of a sitting President is "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors." There is substantial difference of opinion over the interpretation of these words. | litigation.findlaw.com
In the 1st week of December 2019 the 4th Presidential Impeachment Inquiry in US History which commenced originally in the House Intelligence Committee in late October entered a new phase and hearings began before the House Judiciary Committee, featuring testimony on Wednesday December 4th from four constitutional law experts on the historical basis for impeachment.
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