"The Awful Discretion": The Impeachment Experience in the States

Authors

Keith A. Scarborough, University of Nebraska College of LawFollow

Abstract

I. Introduction

II. Historical Background

III. The Federal Impeachment Experience

IV. The Ferguson Impeachment … A. Is Resignation or the End of a Term a Bar to Impeachments? … B. What Are Impeachable Offenses? … C. Do the Limitations on the Legislation and Time of Sessions Apply to Impeachments? … D. Does the Pardoning Power Apply to Impeachments?

V. The Sulzer and Butler Impeachments … A. Can an Official Be Impeached for Acts Committed during a Previous Term of Office? … B. Is an Impeached Officer Suspended from Office?

VI. Conclusion

Recommended Citation

Keith A. Scarborough, "The Awful Discretion": The Impeachment Experience in the States, 55 Neb. L. Rev. 91 (1976)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nlr/vol55/iss1/6