- 12 Mar, 2021
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Presidential Impeachment
The class topic to be researched is presidential impeachment as stated in the United States Constitution of 1787. The paper will be written in Times New Roman font No. 12. It will be a minimum of 3 full pages including footnotes. There will be no parenthetical citations or Works
Cited page. This paper will not include a cover sheet. The student’s name will be written in the upper right-hand corner of the first page. No other heading is necessary excepting a title that explains your thesis. The paper will be written in Chicago Style. Citations will be listed at the bottom of each page as footnotes. The process for including footnotes will be explained in a further lecture.
The student will study the constitutional process for impeachment by the House of Representatives and trial by the Senate to remove a president and develop a thesis based on a specific case, a general observation of its origins, potential flaws, or the effectiveness of the process. Arguments for or against your thesis will be supported by at least 4 sources that include scholarly articles or newspaper articles or opinion pieces that appear in newsworthy papers of record. These sources can be accessed through the library website. Computer sites that provide general information on subjects are not worthy of inclusion in an academic paper though they can be used to acquaint a student to the subject.
More information on writing an academic paper will be on Blackboard.
Article 1 Section 3 of the Constitution
6: The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.
7: Judgment in Cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.
Article 2 Section 4
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.