This section is from the book "The Constitutional Law Of The United States", by Westel Woodbury Willoughby. Also available from Amazon: Constitutional Law.
The constitutional provisions for impeachments are contained in the clauses quoted in the footnote.1
The term "impeachment" was a well known one at the time the Constitution was adopted, having been inherited from English usage. Recourse may, therefore, be had, when necessary, to that usage and practice for interpretative guidance.
 
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