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From: preece@uicsl.UUCP
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Subject: Re: A question about impeachment - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 23-Nov-83 22:30:24 EST
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uicsl!preece    Nov 23 08:36:00 1983

	Grounds for impeachment is whatever Congress chooses it to be.  If
	Congress chooses to impeach a President for using a toothpick at a
	State dinner (to choose an absurd example) it is well within its
	Constitutional rights.
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I don't think this is correct. I'm pretty sure the Constitution does
include a statement of what the President may be impeached for (the
phrase 'high crimes and misdemeanors' sticks in my mind, but may be
wrong).  There was considerable controversy during the Watergate
years over whether the President could be impeached for what he was
accused of.  Pretty clearly the Supreme Court would have the last
word.