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  2. Impeachment - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, for example, impeachment at the federal level is limited to those who may have committed "Treason, Bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors"—the latter phrase referring to offenses against the government or the constitution, grave abuses of power, violations of the public trust, or other political crimes, even if ...

  3. Impeachment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The impeachment process may be requested by non-members. For example, when the Judicial Conference of the United States suggests a federal judge be impeached, a charge of actions constituting grounds for impeachment may come from a special prosecutor, the president, or state or territorial legislature, grand jury, or by petition. An impeachment ...

  4. Federal impeachment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The impeachment process may be requested by non-members. For example, when the Judicial Conference of the United States suggests a federal judge be impeached, a charge of actions constituting grounds for impeachment may come from a special prosecutor, the president, or state or territorial legislature, grand jury, or by petition. An impeachment ...

  5. Impeachment inquiry in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Generally, an impeachment inquiry is overseen by the House Committee on the Judiciary, [4] with the most frequent alternative being a select committee formed for the explicit purposes of conducting the inquiry. [9] An impeachment inquiry's investigation may, alternatively, involve multiple committees instead of just one.

  6. Article of impeachment - Wikipedia

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    An article of impeachment is a documented statement which specifies the charges to be tried in an impeachment trial as a basis for removing an officeholder. [1] Articles of impeachment are an aspect of impeachment processes of many governments that utilize a bifurcated (two-part) impeachment process that sees a vote to "impeach" followed by an impeachment trial on whether to remove an officer.

  7. Article One of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    After six states had ratified the Constitution, [59] New York Delegate Alexander Hamilton argued in Federalist No. 65 on March 7, 1788 that because of the inherently political nature of impeachment—as the process relates primarily to injuries to the body politic caused by the misconduct of public officials in violation of their public trust ...

  8. Federal impeachment trial in the United States - Wikipedia

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    An impeachment trial can be adjourned sine die at any time by a simple majority vote, effectively ending a trial without completion. [6] This occurred in the 1868 impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, with the Senate adjourning sine die without voting on all of the articles of impeachment. [27]

  9. Federalist No. 65 - Wikipedia

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    Federalist 65 is the only essay in the Federalist Papers that specifically delineates the Framers’ intended use and purpose of the impeachment and removal power. The constitution defines impeachable offenses as "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."