Objections to Impeachment: “This Hasn’t Been Our Practice,” Part 2
Image: zimmytws/shutterstock.comObjections to Impeachment: The Protest that “This Hasn’t Been Our Practice,” Part 1
President Andrew Johnson consulting with his lawyers about impeachment, 1868. Hand-colored woodcut (North Wind Picture Archives / Alamy Stock Photo).Objections to Impeachment, Part 3: Overturning the Result of An Election
Protest outside the White House, July 18, 2018 (bakdc / Shutterstock.com).
Objections to Impeachment, Part II: The Specter of the “No Confidence” Vote
Has our system degenerated to the point that a president, once in office, can do whatever he wants as long as thirty-four senators support him?
Rep. Henry Hyde swears in Kenneth Starr to testify during Judiciary Committee impeachment hearings, November 19, 1998 (Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly / Alamy Stock Photo).Objections to Impeachment, Part 1: The Specter of Abuse
Abuse is bound to happen with any government power, but that isn't a real objection against providing the power to impeach federal officials.
House Judiciary Committee hearings on whether impeachment proceedings should begin against President Bill Clinton October 5, 1998 in Washington, DC (Richard Ellis / Alamy Stock Photo). The Constitutional Categories of Impeachable Offenses
Cbies/Shutterstock.comIs Early Impeachment Practice Relevant to Original Meaning?
Title page to Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (1st ed, 1833) (Image: Historic Images / Alamy Stock Photo).The Ratification-Era Understanding of “High Crimes and Misdemeanors”
Signing the Constitution, Louis Glanzman, 1987 (National Park Service)Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist, and the Power of Impeachment
Statue of Alexander Hamilton at U.S. Treasury Department, by James Frasier (Image: Bill Perry/Shutterstock.com).The Original Meaning of “High Crimes and Misdemeanors,” Part I
