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Title

  • Main Title Impeachment: An Overview of Constitutional Provisions, Procedure, and Practice

Creator

  • Author: Bazan, Elizabeth B.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Legislative Attorney
  • Author: Henning, Anna C.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Legislative Attorney

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 2010-04-26

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: On June 19, 2009, the House voted to impeach U.S. District Judge Samuel B. Kent of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The impeachment process provides a mechanism for removal of the President, Vice President, and other federal civil officers found to have engaged in "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors." This report explains the impeachment process, including its history and the process itself.
  • Physical Description: 30 pages.

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Politics and government
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Presidents
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Removal of officials
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Impeachments
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Political crimes

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: 98-186
  • Accession or Local Control No: 98-186_2010Apr26
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc29531
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