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CAN PRESIDENT TRUMP BE IMPEACHED AS MR. TRUMP? EXPLORING THE TEMPORAL DIMENSION OF IMPEACHMENTS.

Authors :
Krent, Harold J.
Source :
Chicago-Kent Law Review; 2020, Vol. 95 Issue 2, p537-549, 13p
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

The article focuses on scant history of impeachment of executive branch officials that led up to ratification of Constitution. Topics discussed include Congress's impeachment authority is best understood as a weapon to remove officers from positions of public power; concomitant power to disqualify an officer from future offices of public trust does not transform the impeachment remedy into a potential Sword of Damocles and impeachment clauses in Article I and II of the Constitution.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00093599
Volume :
95
Issue :
2
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Chicago-Kent Law Review
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
149296163