The Federal Impeachment Process

Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgments
Part I. The Historical Origins of the Federal Impeachment Process
1. The Impeachment Debates in the Constitutional Convention
2. The Impeachment Debates in the Ratifying Conventions
Part II. Trends and Problems in Impeachment Proceedings
3. Impeachment Proceedings in the House of Representatives
4. The Senate's Role in the Federal Impeachment Process
5. Impeachment Issues Involving Congress and the Other Branches
6. Making Sense of the Federal Impeachment Process
Part III. Clarifying the Constitutional Aspects of the Federal Impeachment Process
7. The Scope of Impeachable Officials and Applicable Punishments
8. Impeachment As the Sole Means of Disciplining and Removing Impeachable Officials
9. The Scope of Impeachable Offenses
10. The Proper Procedure for Impeachment Proceedings
11. Judicial Review of Impeachments
Part IV. Impeachment Reforms
12. Proposed Procedural Reforms for Judicial Impeachments
13. Proposed Statutory Changes and Constitutional Amendments to the Impeachment Process
Part V. The Historical and Constitutional Significance of the Impeachment and Acquittal of President William Jefferson Clinton
14. Possible Explanations for and Lessons to be Drawn from President Clinton's Impeachment and Acquittal
15. Conclusion: The Future of the Impeachment Process
Notes
Bibliography
Bibliography Addendum
Index