Impeachment : A Handbook

, by Charles Black, Jr.; With a new Foreword by Akhil Reed Amar

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ISBN: 9780300079500 | 0300079508
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A guide to presidential impeachment outlines the process, defines the phrase "high Crimes and Misdemeanors," explains the relationship between crimes and impeachable offenses, and lists the most relevant Constitutional provisions

Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
The Procedures	p. 5
General	p. 5
The Part of the House of Representatives	p. 6
The Part of the Senate	p. 9
Some Special Procedural Points	p. 14
Is Impeachment, with Trial thereon, a "Criminal Proceeding"?	p. 14
Should Hearings be Public?	p. 19
Is There Any "Presidential Privilege" in Impeachment Proceedings?	p. 20
The Final Responsibility of Congress	p. 23
The Place of Lawyers	p. 24
The Impeachable Offense	p. 25
"Treason"	p. 25
"Bribery"	p. 26
"Other high Crimes and Misdemeanors"	p. 27
The Relation between Impeachable Offenses and Ordinary Crimes	p. 33
An Affirmative Approach to the Meaning of "high Crimes and Misdemeanors"	p. 36
Application to Particular Problems	p. 41
Bribery	p. 41
Income-Tax Fraud	p. 41
Use of Tax System to Harass Opponents	p. 42
Impoundment of Appropriated Funds for the Purpose of Destroying Authorized Programs	p. 42
Unauthorized Warlike Operations	p. 44
Improper Campaign Tactics	p. 45
Obstruction of Justice	p. 45
Some Final Considerations	p. 46
The President's Responsibility for Acts of his Subordinates	p. 46
Good-faith Belief in the Rightness of an Act	p. 47
Substantiality	p. 48
A Note on History	p. 49
Impeachment and the Courts	p. 53
Is There to be Judicial Review of the Senate's Verdict on Impeachment?	p. 53
May Congress Use the Federal Courts to Assist in Impeachment Investigations?	p. 53
Short of Impeachment	p. 65
Bibliography	p. 71
Appendix B	p. 77
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