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Do you feel the gravity of the day the same as it did then? >> well, more in 74 than in 98. ive been thinking about this. thank you for mentioning. i wasnt there for andrew johnson in 1868. but you could argue to some degree that this kind of a political divisive impeachment is more often the case than not. in 1868 andrew johnson was impeached because he fired his secretary of war. and congress had passed a totally unconstitutional tenure of office act. in 1998, bill clinton was impeached for ly...

Because the vice president has an interest in the outcome. if the president is, in fact, removed, the vice president becomes president. the founders thought bad idea, well pick the chief justice. in picking the chief justice to preside, they didnt give the chief justice the power to run the case. the senate always retains the power to run the case. in fact f you go back to the very first impeachment of andrew johnson in 1868 the chief justice was a fellow named salmon chase. very quickly the sen...

Grounds ever used to impeach an american president. we call this an impeachment a sham because we dont have a better way to describe it. house democrats have been working to impeach donald trump since the very beginning they no introduced four separate impeachment resolutions and a new one on january 19 when they took the majority. as many as 95 house democrats, including 16 of the 24 democrats sitting on the other side of the room in this committee have already voted to proceed with impeachment...

Liu, washington but owe chief susan page, white house correspondent peter baker and michael be michael besslosh. jon meacham said its a historic matter. i think you will probably agree that what we have been seeing last night, again today, is a lot of partisan bickering and not anything that rises to the level of a constitutional debate. >> yeah. and maybe it was historic in that in a way it mimicked the conflict and hostility you probably saw if we were able to watch in the hearings over the im...

Impeachment in 1868. so much remains to be worked out between senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and minority leader chuck schumer. the less they can agree on in advance, the more it will place manufacture sis on the role of chief justice john roberts. so what are some of the key trial issues that will need to be resolved? joining me now is hilary hurd, pursuing a j.d. at harvard law school receiving a masters degree at cambridge, kings college, undergraduate and uva and 2013 a marshall scho...

The american model was more limited, not only in its application to judicial and executive officials, but its grounds. the framers rejected a proposal to add maladministration because madison objected that so vague a term would be equivalent to a tenure during the pleasure of the senate. in the end, various standards that had been used in the past were rejected, corruption, attaining office by improper means, betraying the trust of a foreign, to a foreign power, negligence, perfity, speculation ...

The american model was more limited in its application to executive and its grounds. they rejected a proposal to add maladministration because madison objected that so vague a term would be equivalent to a tenure during the pleasure of the senate. in the end, various standards that had been used in the past were rejected, corruption, obtaining office by improper means, betraying the trust to a foreign power, negligence, speculation and oppression. lying and pecklation, self-dealing are particula...

Unlike the english impeachments, the american model was more limited not only in its application to judicial and executive officials but its grounds. the framers rejected a proposal to add male administration because madison objected that so vague a term would be equivalent to a tenure during the pleasure of the senate. in the end, various standards that had been used in the frt pa were rejected. corruption, obtaining office by improper means, betraying the trust of a foreign -- to a foreign pow...

Relatively small, if an issue at all, what do you say to that? >> you know what im going to say, mr. cavuto. we will go back to 1868, which is still good law, because the constitution hasnt changed. this president is quite similar to that president, andrew johnson. andrew johnson was impeached for his behavior, his incisive behavior, where he did some things that were harmful to the. >> there are no racial issues going on here but i know you want to expand this but are as things stand now, there...

The fun kind though. that phrase high crimes and misdemeanors is drawn from british parliamentary practice. and british parliament would impeach people for non-criminal abuses of power regularly. second of all, alexander hamilton. yes, that alexander hamilton wrote in the federalist papers that impeachment is for political offenses. not necessarily criminal offenses that proceed from the abuse or violation of some public trust. and in our history, u.s. house of representatives has impeached offi...