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History Tells Us Congress CAN Impeach the President After His Term

History Tells Us Congress CAN Impeach the President After His Term

by David Tollen | Jan 10, 2021 | The Early Modern Age, The Recent Modern Age, Current Politics, Legal History

The Constitution says nothing specific about whether Congress can impeach an official after his or her term. That didn’t stop the House of Representatives from impeaching the Secretary of War in 1876, after he left office — or the Senate from trying him....
History Tells Us the President Cannot “Self-Pardon”

History Tells Us the President Cannot “Self-Pardon”

by David Tollen | Jan 10, 2021 | The Early Modern Age, The Recent Modern Age, Current Politics, Legal History

The Framers of the Constitution based the presidential pardon on the English monarch’s power to grant pardons. And the monarch could not pardon himself — could not use executive power to escape the judgement of the courts. Parliament established that...
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