Government,
Constitutional Law
Nov. 12, 2019
Impeachment myths
As the House Intelligence Committee begins impeachment hearings on Wednesday, I am struck by how many falsehoods are being uttered about what the Constitution requires.
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law
UC Berkeley School of Law
Erwin's most recent book is "Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism." He is also the author of "Closing the Courthouse," (Yale University Press 2017).
As the House Intelligence Committee begins impeachment hearings on Wednesday, I am struck by how many falsehoods are being uttered about what the Constitution requires.
The Constitution does not require that there be a criminal act in order for the president to be impeached. The Constitution provides that the president may be impeached for "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors." Althoug...
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