Abbreviations

Preface

Introduction

The Parliamentary Power to Declare Retrospective Treasons

"High Crimes and Misdemeanors"

Judicial Review

Exclusivity of Impeachment and Judicial "Good Behavior" Tenure

Insanity-Disability-Senility

Is Removal Limited to Misconduct in Office?

Exemption of Legislators from Impeachment

The Impeachment of Justice Samuel Chase

The Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson

Conclusion

Epilogue

Appendix A. Theodore Dwight's Indictability Citations

Appendix B. Luther Martin's Indictability Citations

Appendix C. Early English Bribery Statutes

Appendix D. Congressman David Stone on "Good Behavior" and Impeachment (1802)

Bibliography

General Index

Index of Cases

Raoul Berger was Charles Warren Senior Fellow in American Legal History at the Harvard Law School. Among his books is Executive Privilege: A Constitutional Myth.

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