Impeachment is an unusual legal and political process, all the more so because it is exceedingly rare. Over the last 230 years, only 19 federal officers have been impeached by the House, and just 8 of those individuals were convicted in the Senate. (All of them judges.) Others have chosen to resign in the face of impeachment investigations, most notably President Richard M. Nixon. But who can be impeached? How does it work? What does the constitution mean by the phrase “high crimes and misdemeanors”? The library has assembled an alcove full of books that tackle these topics, covering the historical, political, and legal aspects of the impeachment process.
General Information about Impeachment:
To end a presidency : the power of impeachment
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1146037?lang=eng
John Marshall : the man who made the Supreme Court http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1149681?lang=eng
The constitution today : timeless lessons for the issues of our era
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1143352?lang=eng
The age of impeachment : American constitutional culture since 1960
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1116930?lang=eng
When courts and congress collide : the struggle for control of America's judicial system
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1089129?lang=eng
An affair of state : the investigation, impeachment, and trial of President Clinton
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1029769?lang=eng
The federal impeachment process : a constitutional and historical analysis
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1028005?lang=eng
Grand inquests : the historic impeachments of Justice Samuel Chase and President Andrew Johnson
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1125999?lang=eng
Crimes, follies, and misfortunes : the federal impeachment trials http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1029973?lang=eng
Impeachment in America, 1635-1805 http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1004874?lang=eng
High crimes and misdemeanors : the impeachment and trial of Andrew Johnson http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1118261?lang=eng
Impeachment : a handbook http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1021908?lang=eng
Impeachment : the constitutional problems http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1000706?lang=eng
Legal materials on impeachment http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1005728?lang=eng
A treatise on federal impeachments : with an appendix containing, inter alia, an abstract of the articles of impeachment in all the federal impeachments in this country and in England
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1084962?lang=eng
Without precedent : John Marshall and his times http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1150936?lang=eng
Select list of references on impeachment
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1086186?lang=eng
The impeachers : the trial of Andrew Johnson and the dream of a just nation
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1151336?lang=eng
How to save a constitutional democracy
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1151342?lang=eng
Impeachment : a handbook
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1151337?lang=eng
Impeachment : a citizen's guide
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1151338?lang=eng
Impeachment : an American history
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1151334?lang=eng
High crimes and misdemeanors : a history of impeachment for the age of Trump
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1151335?lang=eng
The oath and the office : a guide to the Constitution for future presidents
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1151339?lang=eng
Primary Documents
This is only a partial listing of primary sources that we have in our collection. When possible, links to online documents are provided. The HeinOnline U.S. Presidential Library has an entire section on the documents related to impeachments of Presidents.
Proceedings on the impeachment of William Blount : a senator of the United States from the state of Tennessee, for high crimes and misdemeanors
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1101507?lang=eng
Trial of Samuel Chase, an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, impeached by the House of representatives, for high crimes and misdemeanors : before the Senate of the United States
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1101646?lang=eng
Johnson Impeachment:
Opening argument of Mr. Butler of Massachusetts, one of the managers on the impeachment of the President http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1100804?lang=eng
Nixon Impeachment Investigation:
Summary of information : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, second session, pursuant to H. Res. 803, a resolution authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional power to impeach Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States of America, July 19, 1974
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1114076?lang=eng
Comparison of White House and Judiciary Committee transcripts of eight recorded Presidential conversations : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, second session, pursuant to H. Res. 803 ... May-June, 1974
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1114077?lang=eng
Brief on behalf of the President of the United States : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, second session, pursuant to H. Res. 803, a resolution authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its constitutional power to impeach Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States of America : July 18, 1974 http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1114046?lang=eng
Minority memorandum on facts and law : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, second session, pursuant to H. Res. 803, a resolution authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its constitutional power to impeach Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States of America, July 22, 1974
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1118598?lang=eng
Clinton Impeachment:
Referral from Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr in conformity with the requirements of Title 28, United States Code, section 595(c) : communication from Kenneth W. Starr, independent counsel, transmitting a referral to the United States House of Representatives filed in conformity with the requirements of Title 28, United States Code, section 595(c) http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1026388?lang=eng
The Starr Report : the findings of Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr on President Clinton and the Lewinsky affair http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1082914?lang=eng
Impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States : report of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, together with additional, minority, and dissenting views, to accompany H. Res. 611 http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1026889?lang=eng
Proceedings of the United States Senate in the impeachment trial of President William Jefferson Clinton
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1029908?lang=eng