The Case Against Lame Duck Impeachment

In The Case Against Lameduck Impeachment Yale Law Professor Bruce Ackermanargues that the bill of Impeachment against President Clinton passed inDecember 1998 e... » 

In The Case Against Lameduck Impeachment Yale Law Professor Bruce Ackermanargues that the bill of Impeachment against President Clinton passed inDecember 1998 expired on January 3rd 1999 when a new House ofRepresentatives began its term of office. It is unconstitutional for the Senateto begin a trial unless a majority of the newly elected House once againcharges the President with high crimen and misdemeanors.The newly elected House of 1999 contains 40 new members and five moteDemocrats suggesting that a new House vote could produce a different outcomeon one or both of the lameduck articles of impeachment. «