THE MYSTERY OF IMPEACHMENT - HOW IT WORKS, WHAT HAPPENED in 1868 AND MORE

My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

Bruce Carlson

News, Politics, History

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🗓️ 27 October 2024

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

We look at the Chase, Clinton and Johnson precedents for attempted impeachment, we attempt to answer questions about this oft-discussed, rarely used, and perhaps, poorly understood Constitutional function. Why is impeachment so rarely used? Why does the Senate try the President? Does the Senate become a Court when it does, or stay the Senate? What is a High "Misdemeanor?" And what does Aaron Burr have to do with all of this? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.1	It was a nightmare.
1:02.4	I almost literally looked down into my open grave.
1:08.5	That's what one senator said about his decision whether to impeach a president of the United States or not.
1:15.9	... Edmund Ross, as he cast his vote against the impeachment of a president.
1:45.7	He was the least likely to do that.
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