40 Facts About the History of Impeachment (And The Presidents Who Couldn’t Escape Its Fate)

40 Facts About the History of Impeachment (And The Presidents Who Couldn’t Escape Its Fate)

Trista - May 26, 2019

40 Facts About the History of Impeachment (And The Presidents Who Couldn’t Escape Its Fate)
Great Britain’s parliament building. Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain.

38. British Civil Law Had a Contour Called Impeachment

Impeachment referred to the process of trial, conviction, and punishment that applied to both those in government and commoners. British Parliament had occasionally resorted to the process and, on a few occasions, did remove people from office for notoriously bad behavior.

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