Flashback to 1974:
Constitutional Grounds for Presidential ImpeachmentThis report examines the history, grounds, and proper uses of impeachment. It was written and released by the Judiciary Committee in 1974 in the aftermath of the Watergate crisis, when Congress pursued impeachment proceedings against Richard M. Nixon.
This version of the report was converted into digital form and originally Web-posted by House Judiciary Committee member Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.)
II. The Historical Origins of Impeachment
A. The English Parliamentary Practice
III. The Criminality IssueB. The Intention of the Framers
C. The American Impeachment Cases
Source: Washingtonpost.com Special Report: Documents From the Starr Referral
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