Ford’s memorable definition may not be textbook ... “and all civil officers of the United States” from office upon impeachment and conviction. There was some debate about which crimes ...

At such a critical moment in US history ... in 1970 that the definition was “whatever a majority of the House of Representatives consider it to be at a given moment in history.” ...

Our modern interpretation of the process is almost entirely taken from our memories of Clinton's impeachment, but it's been applied throughout U.S. history ... the actual definition of "high ...

Instead, the Constitution sets forth the general principle of impeachment and leaves its more specific definition to be ... Over the course of U.S. history, there have been only two impeached ...

By general definition, impeachment means to charge someone ... presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history. Pelosi appointed seven House Democrats to prosecute the case:Judiciary Committee ...

By Nicholas Fandos WASHINGTON — An impeachment investigation to potentially try to remove the president of the United States for high ... need to know about the history of impeachment and ...

The framers of the Constitution designed impeachment to remedy peculiar situations ... conventional wisdom tells us that he will be acquitted. But the public will know that he ignored the ...

We’ve finally impeached the most obviously corrupt president in U.S ... impeachment isn’t nearly enough. The charges the House passed merely embalm a sliver of Trump’s corruption for history.

There are currently two major legal disputes over the definition ... we look to history. Members of the House Judiciary Committee discuss articles of impeachment against US President Bill Clinton ...

However, scholars said Ford’s definition is incomplete ... The first presidential impeachment in U.S. history – of President Andrew Johnson — failed narrowly in the Senate.

Engel, the founding director of the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University. Mr. Engel said the lasting catchphrase of Mr. Trump’s impeachment would be “Do us a favor ...

The only other example of impeachment that U.S. history offers is a distant one, yet it provides a further illustration of how political circumstances can be as important as a president's actual ...