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Impeachment Grounds: Part 2: Selected Constitutional Convention Materials (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Oct. 30, 1998
Report Number 98-894
Report Type Report
Authors Charles Doyle, American Law Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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 the notes of the debates at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and from a few of the state ratifying conventions. It is the second 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