TheConstitution of the United States (Text)makes the following provisions for the impeachment of federal officials: Article I, Section 2 Clause 5: The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment. Article I, Section 3 Clause...
While Trump’s impeachment judgment clause argument is now moot, the decision added some credence to the other points made in Trump’s motion to dismiss the Mar-a-Lago case. AsAkhil Reed Amar noted in The Atlantic, the Roberts immunity ruling “turns the Constitution’s text and structure in...
People continually try to make the argument that impeachment annd trial, by the Congress, is a political process, not aa judicial one, based upon the fact that the Congress is a political body. However, when acting within the impeachment process, the Congress takes on the aspects of a judici...
Other articles could include abuse of power or violations of the emoluments clause, which bans presidents from receiving gifts or payments from foreign governments. Next would come a committee vote and a vote in the full House. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has steadfastly refused to lay out a ...
Though not expressly covered in the text of the Constitution, judicial review—the power of the courts to examine the actions of the legislative and the executive and administrative arms of government to ensure that they are constitutional—became an important part of government in the United ...
“There is no ‘January Exception’ to impeachment or any other provision of the Constitution,” the managers wrote. “A president must answer comprehensively for his conduct in office from his first day in office through his last.” House Democrats noted that Trump was impeached while he still...
In private, Democrats are debating how broadly to draft the articles of impeachment against Trump, especially given what many in the House view as clear misconduct detailed in the Mueller report and violations of the Constitution’s emoluments clause by allegedly enriching himself while in office. ...
“There is no ‘January Exception’ to impeachment or any other provision of the Constitution,” the managers wrote. “A president must answer comprehensively for his conduct in office from his first day in office through his last.” House Democrats noted that Trump was impeached while he sti...