impeachable offenses
Grounds for removal
Impeachable offenses are acts that can lead to the formal removal of a public official from office.
In American constitutional law, the phrase "high crimes and misdemeanors" describes the standard, though its boundaries remain deliberately vague—covering serious abuses of power, corruption, and betrayals of public trust rather than necessarily criminal acts.
The committee debated whether the president's conduct rose to the level of impeachable offenses.
- high crimesOffenses justifying impeachment
- misdemeanorsMinor legal violations
- treasonBetraying one's nation
- briberyCorrupt payment for influence
- abuse of powerMisusing entrusted authority
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Assistance worthy of imitation
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