The US impeachment process: fit for purpose in a hyper-partisan era?
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2023-12-12
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Harrington, Clodagh
Waddan, Alex
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This chapter considers the possibility that the rarely used constitutional remedy for ‘treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanours’ has been weaponised to such an extent that the integrity of the process is significantly undermined. In the context of prior use and misuse, the route to contemporary challenges will be explored, with a focus on how the practice has been over and under-utilised in the modern era, as the politics of the times have dictated. From the drama and constitutional crisis of the Andrew Johnson presidency to the calls to impeach President Joe Biden, observations are drawn regarding this imperfect but durable emergency measure.
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Treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanours , United States , Impeachment process
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Harrington, C. and Waddan, A. (2023) 'The US impeachment process: fit for purpose in a hyper-partisan era?', in Monaghan, C. and Flinders, M. (eds.) British Origins and American Practice of Impeachment. Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England: Routledge, pp. 238-258. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003255956-13
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