Exercise 1

Johnson’s Impeachment

Please read the articles of impeachment against Johnson:

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/impeach/articles.html

Then read the following arguments in favor of convicting the president:

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/impeach/Sumner.html http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/impeach/Sherman.html http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/impeach/Yates.html

Finally, please read the arguments senators made in favor of acquitting Johnson:

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/impeach/Fessenden.html http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/impeach/Grimes.html http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/impeach/Trumbull.html