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The Constitutional Categories of Impeachable Offenses

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Impeachment was designed with the idea in mind that presidents sometimes might warrant removal from office, and this might flow from many causes.

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Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist, and the Power of Impeachment

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Statue of Alexander Hamilton at U.S. Treasury Department, by James Frasier (Image: Bill Perry/Shutterstock.com).
What was controversial and what needed defending in The Federalist essays on impeachment was placing the power in the Senate, not the power itself.

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Taking Impeachment Seriously

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George T. Brown, sergeant at arms of the Senate, serving the summons on President Andrew Johnson, from Harper's Weekly, March 28, 1868. Courtesy Library of Congress
The framers of the Constitution understood impeachment as a vital, potent legislative check on abuse or misuse of power or other serious misconduct.

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Defining Impeachment Up

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The Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. (Jer123 / Shutterstock.com).
Impeachment is a wrenching process used only the worst of constitutional sins, and only when the populace can be brought along.

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