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Impeachment resolution: 3 reasons the House voted even though the Constitution doesn't require it

  • Written by Jennifer Selin, Kinder Institute Assistant Professor of Constitutional Democracy, University of Missouri-Columbia
Impeachment resolution: 3 reasons the House voted even though the Constitution doesn't require itThe Capitol on the morning after Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced the House of Representatives will vote on a resolution to affirm the impeachment investigation.AP/J. Scott Applewhite

For something with such important consequences, the Constitution is surprisingly vague when it comes to impeachment.

Most of the language in the...

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