Legal Aspects of Impeachment

During the Nixon administration impeachment  process,  in August, 1974, the U.S. Department of Justice deemed it necessary to have -- for its own use -- a  document outlining the historial and legal espects of impeachment; thus this document. Impeachment is a seldom-visited aspect of  American political life;  encountered only twice in the past, during the administrations of Andred Johnson and  Richard Nixon. (And 24 years lat