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What is, and Why is, there an impeachment going on in Washington, D.C.?
Noah Webster was probably the greatest scholar of the English language which the world has ever seen. In his 70,000-word American Dictionary of the English Language, which he published in 1828, he defined the word impeachment like this: It is,
“An accusation or charge brought against a public officer for maladministration in his office…In the U. States, it is the right of the House of Representatives to impeach, and of the Senate to try and determine impeachments.”
What does the U.S. Constitution say about impeachment? Article II, Section 4, of the Constitution gives us these few words about impeachment:
“The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.”
What do these few words mean? Perhaps the best way to understand them is to define them from Webster’s 1828 Dictionary; since that dictionary was written in the generation of our Founders: Thus, its definitions were the common understanding of that day. Definitions of words have been Continue reading


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