FAQs and Web Resources on the Impeachment Process
Impeachment Links
JURIST's ever-growing site of resources contains selected links pertaining to all areas of impeachment, including definition of, historical and constitutional contexts, procedures, Supreme Court cases and the current Clinton controversy. The site also features a section of links to scholarly literature on the subject. JURIST has created "mini-guides" to organize its links to sites for Senate impeachment trials and censure. Following are some of the more outstanding links featured on JURIST's site:
Background & History of Impeachment
Hearing on the Background & History of Impeachment - includes the testimony of constitutional scholars on November 9, 1998 before the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution. Both written submissions and video are available, with background on witnesses (where available).
Senate Impeachment Trial Rules
This document, revised in 1986, is part of the Senate's Rules and Manual of the Senate and outlines the procedures, specified in 26 rules, to be followed by the Senate during an impeachment trial.
Cornell's Legal Information Institute impeachment backgrounder provides an in-depth look at impeachment, using the text of the Constitution and historical practice. It also includes links to sites for the White House and Congress, as well as to sites for the official documents relevant to the Clinton controversy.
Trial Managers' Brief on the Articles of Impeachment
This document of January 11, 1999, presents the impeachment case against President Clinton.
President's Response to the Articles of Impeachment
President Clinton's formal response to the Senate on January 11, 1999, in which he denies all allegations set forth in the articles of impeachment.
History Matters (Past Meets Present) -- Impeachment
Developed for teachers and students, this site examines the presidential impeachment trials of Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton and explores the political context of the Johnson presidency and impeachment. Eric Foner, a leading historian of the Reconstruction era, is the site's main contributor. It's a part of the HISTORY MATTERS Web site, a project of the American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning of the City University of New York and the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University.
Classroom Resources on Impeachment
The Constitutional Rights Foundation's site provides "WebLessons" related to impeachment for high school students. Lessons provide background information and suggested discussion, writing, and role playing activities for classroom use. They cover the history of impeachment and the case of Andrew Johnson, the meaning of the constitutional phrase "high crimes and misdemeanors," the independent counsel statute, and the current controversy leading to the impeachment of President Clinton.
"Impeachment" is located within Congressional Quarterly's free resource area. The text is excerpted from Michael Nelson's The Presidency A to Z and includes constitutional origins and procedures of impeachment. Politics surrounding Andrew Johnson's impeachment and other historical cases of impeachment are also included.
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