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>> republicans in congress despised andrew johnson. >> he stood for the repression of african-americans whom a war had just been fought to liberate. >> president johnson vetoed almost all the measures to give civil liberties and representation to blacks. the republican-controlled congress decided to wage a political war. >> it set an impeachment trap for him. >> that trap was called the tenure of office act. >> congress passed a law over johnson's veto that said he could not fire his own cabinet members. >> when president johnson fired his secretary of war, edwin stanton, the house approved 11...

From office, essentially because congress did not like him or his policies. >> johnson agreed to cease all of the behavior that had been so problematic, to go along with the congressional reconstruction program. >> historians today regard the impeachment trap as unconstitutional. >> impeachment fell into disrepute. >> johnson's impeachment would serve as a warning about the consequences of a partisan impeachment in a sharply divided country. >> it raises blood pressures and in some perverse ways it actually makes impeachment harder to use when you might really need it. d which is doin't to mak...

>> he stood for the repression of african-americans whom a war had been fought to liberate. >> president johnson vetoed almost all the measures to give civil liberties and representation to blacks. 12k3w4r50i6r7b8g9sds they decided to wage a political war. >> they set an impeachment trap. >> that was the tenure of office act. >> they passed a law over his veto who said he could not fire his own cabinet members. >> when president johnson fired his secretary of war, edwin stanton, the house approved 11 articles of impeachment against him, one of which accused the president of bringing the congre...

Peter baker and jeff mason, always good to see the both of you. thank you so much. have good sundays. for all of you, i'm going to speak with sam nunberg about how he came up with the border wall idea and whether he thinks it's a good one now. next, setting an impeachment trap for the president, is that what democrats are up to? denny heck of the house intel committee joins me next. >> you can't impeach somebody that's doing a great job. i've probably done more in the first two years than any president, any administration, in the history of our country. e grandkids... ♪ music >> tech: ...e...

Impeachment was partisan and ideological. however bad a president andrew johnson was, there were no grounds to remove him. >> the country was one vote away from removing president andrew johnson from office, essentially because congress did not like him or his policies. >> johnson basically agreed to cease all of the behavior that had been so problematic, to go along with the congressional reconstruction program. >> historians today regard the impeachment trap as unconstitutional. >> impeachment fell into disrepute. >> johnson's impeachment would serve as a warning about the consequences of a ...