The US impeachment process: fit for purpose in a hyper-partisan era?

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dc.contributor.authorHarrington, Clodaghen
dc.contributor.authorWaddan, Alexen
dc.contributor.editorMonaghan, Chrisen
dc.contributor.editorFlinders, Matthewen
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-10T13:09:44Z
dc.date.available2025-07-10T13:09:44Z
dc.date.issued2023-12-12en
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationHarrington, 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/10.4324/9781003255956-13en
dc.identifier.doi10.4324/9781003255956-13en
dc.identifier.endpage258en
dc.identifier.isbn9781003255956en
dc.identifier.startpage238en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/17691
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.ispartofBritish Origins and American Practice of Impeachmenten
dc.rights© 2023, the Authors. Published by Routledge. All rights reserved.en
dc.subjectTreason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanoursen
dc.subjectUnited Statesen
dc.subjectImpeachment processen
dc.titleThe US impeachment process: fit for purpose in a hyper-partisan era?en
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