1.
It is NOT necessary that the President, other officers in the executive
branch, or federal judges commit a crime before they may be impeached
& removed from office.
Federalist
Paper No. 66 (2nd para) and Federalist
No. 77 (last para) show that the President may be
impeached & removed for encroachments, i.e., usurpations of power.
Federal
judges may also be impeached & removed for usurpations of
power (Federalist
No. 81, 8th para).
Throughout
The Federalist Papers, it is stated that impeachment is for “political
offenses.”
2.
The House has the SOLE power of impeachment (Art. I, Sec. 2, last clause).
The Senate has the SOLE power to try all impeachments (Art. I, Sec. 3,
next to last clause). The decision to convict is not reviewable by any
other body – and common sense tells us what that means! The House
may impeach, and the Senate may convict, for any reason whatsoever; and
their decision cannot be overturned.
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