What are high crimes and misdemeanors?. The phrase “high crimes and misdemeanors” appears in Article II section 4 of the U.S. Constitution: The President, Vice President and all Civil Officers ...

As I see it, the majority of confusion in this impeachment inquiry rests with a single phrase: “high crimes and misdemeanors.” Found in Article II Section 4 of the Constitution, ...

In the current impeachment debate, some of the President's defenders seem to have adopted a similar approach to the phrase "high Crimes and Misdemeanors" in Article II, Section 4.

Article II, Section 4 of The Constitution states the grounds for impeachment as treason, bribery, or other High Crimes and Misdemeanors. “High” in the phrase does NOT refer to the severity of ...

According to Article 3, Section 3, “Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.” ...

But was high crimes and misdemeanors truly less vague than maladministration? As Healy notes, in the Commentaries on the Laws of England, a legal reference book that Madison said was “in every ...

Article II, Section IV - it's very short, and it is at the heart of what's happening in Washington right now. So here we go. In the U.S. Constitution, Article II, Section IV says the president ...

The phrase “high Crimes and Misdemeanors” entered the American Constitution because George Mason of Virginia was unhappy that, as the Constitutional Convention was drawing to a close, the ...

Select a Section 1 /0. ... it is worth examining again the purposes of impeachment and the historical meaning of the phrase “high Crimes and Misdemeanors” as used in Article II, ...

The following column is the opinion and analysis of the writer. Those troublesome words “high crimes and misdemeanors” will busy the news again, now that the U.S. House has sent two articles ...

High crimes and misdemeanors Nicolas Shump Special to The Capital-Journal Article 2, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution provides for the impeachment of the president among other public officials.

Some U.S. Senators have made public statements that they will not convict President Trump even before they have heard all the impeachment-related evidence. There should be a full hearing of ...