1、Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS Web98-898 AOctober 30, 1998Impeachment Grounds:Part 5: Selected Douglas/Nixon Inquiry Materials(name redacted)Senior SpecialistAmerican Law DivisionSummaryThis is a collection of selected background
2、 materials pertinent to the issue of whatconstitutes impeachable misconduct for purposes of Article II, section 4 of the UnitedStates Constitution quoted below. It includes excerpts from material prepared inconnection with the impeachment inquiries involving Justice Douglas and PresidentNixon. It is
3、 the fifth of six segments that together with footnotes comprise,Impeachment Grounds: A Collection of Selected Materials, CRS Report 98-882. The President, Vice President and all Civil Officers of the United States, shall beremoved from Office on impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery,
4、 or otherhigh Crimes and Misdemeanors. U.S.Const. Art. II, 4Douglas InquiryRep. Gerald Ford“Conduct of Associate Justice Douglas”“ . . .What, then, is an impeachable offense?“The only honest answer is that an impeachable offense is whatever a majority of theHouse of Representatives considers to be a
