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    'Impeachment: A Handbook': How A Watergate-Era Essay Can Guide Us Today

    Originally published in 1974, the barely 60-page essay by Charles L. Black Jr. is considered one of the reference works on the subject — and it's getting renewed attention.
    by Rose Friedman Dec 18, 2019 3 minutes
    Source: Nickolai Hammar

    How does impeachment work exactly? If only there were some sort of handbook ...

    Turns out, there is.

    Impeachment: A Handbook began as an essay of about 60 pages, written by Charles L. Black Jr. in 1974. President Richard Nixon's impeachment was heating up, and Black was a law professor (first at Columbia, then at Yale), who saw the need for a clear piece on the subject.

    The House of Representatives on two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. At a time when every day, every hearing,

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