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Belknap’s downfall was his decision to abuse his authority to appoint “sutlers” or civilian merchants who ran trading posts that served military outposts.

The presence of Federalist judges frustrated Thomas Jefferson and his Democratic-Republican Party, bring justice Samuel Chase under fire.

Samuel Chase was the only Supreme Court justice to be impeached, after he openly campaigned for a president and told jurors who he thought was guilty.

Amidst the January 6 hearings, the fiftieth anniversary of Nixon’s scandal reminds us that it has only gotten harder to hold presidents accountable.

While he opposed slavery and southern secession early in his career, as president Andrew Johnson turned out to be an unsightly bigot.

A look at the impeachment of Warren Hastings and the nature of American power.

Gouverneur Morris’s views changed during the Constitutional Convention — setting a good example for senators today.

A new history of Andrew Johnson’s trial reminds us the impeachment is a tool to constrain executive abuse of power and publicize dissent on matters of policy.

Charles I was charged with high treason, waging war against his people and conspiring to deprive them of their rights and liberties.

Betrayal. Paranoia. Cowardice. We've been here before.

Over 1000 historians have signed this statement condemning President Trump's actions.

For Nixon stalwarts on the House Judiciary Committee, defending the President became an inalterable epitaph.

Democrats need to face up to their constitutional duty without fear.

The constitutional standard for impeachment is different from what’s at play in a regular criminal trial.

Awaiting a Senate trial might curtail Trump's worst behaviors.

In defining the scope of impeachment, they had in mind the alleged crimes of Warren Hastings.

Long before President Donald Trump, there was President John Tyler.

Was the impeachment of Andrew Johnson a matter of national principles? Or an affair of pragmatic politics?

Johnson’s impeachment was driven by his refusal to rid the country of the lingering effects of slavery.

Starting the process will rein in a president undermining American ideals—and bring the debate into Congress, where it belongs.