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dc.contributor.authorEmerson, Thomas
dc.date2021-11-25T13:34:28.000
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-26T11:40:01Z
dc.date.available2021-11-26T11:40:01Z
dc.date.issued1974-01-01T00:00:00-08:00
dc.identifierfss_papers/2791
dc.identifier.contextkey1947121
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13051/2140
dc.description.abstractThe founding fathers did not hastily adopt the impeachment provision' of the Constitution. They were fully familiar with the way that the English Parliament had utilized the impeachment process to curb the powers of the monarchy and to establish parliamentary supremacy. And they deemed it essential that the impeachment institution be available to the Congress as an instrument for protecting both constitutional government and the people, in an ultimate showdown, against gross abuse of power by the Chief Executive. The basic English model was therefore incorporated into the Constitution, with the House having the power to move impeachment by majority vote and the Senate to try the issues and convict upon two-thirds vote.
dc.titleBook Review: Impeachment: The Constitutional Problems
dc.source.journaltitleFaculty Scholarship Series
refterms.dateFOA2021-11-26T11:40:01Z
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/fss_papers/2791
dc.identifier.legacyfulltexthttps://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3774&context=fss_papers&unstamped=1


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