Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-286) and index.
Contents:
Part V: Presidential impeachment in the age of Clinton and Trump. Impeachment and President Trump. The impeachment debates in the Constitutional Convention -- The impeachment debates in the ratifying conventions -- Part II: Trends and problems in impeachment proceedings. Impeachment proceedings in the House of Representatives -- The Senate's role in the federal impeachment process -- Impeachment issues involving Congress and the other branches -- Making sense of the federal impeachment process -- Part III: Clarifying the constitutional aspects of the federal impeachment process. The scope of impeachable officials and applicable punishments -- Impeachment as the sole means of disciplining and removing -- Impeachable officials -- The scope of impeachable offenses -- The proper procedures for impeachment proceedings -- Judicial review of impeachments -- Part IV: Impeachment reforms. Proposed procedural reforms for judicial impeachments -- Proposed statutory changes and constitutional amendments to the impeachment process -- Part V: Presidential impeachment in the age of Clinton and Trump. Lessons from President Clinton's impeachment and acquittal -- Impeachment and President Trump.
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