Colin Moriarty's video: The Impeachment of an American President -- Colin s Last Stand Episode 15

The dreaded "I" word is being tossed around, meaning it's time for a refresher course on what impeachment means and where the powers of impeachment come from. Oh, and we should probably discuss the two times an American president has been impeached in the past, too. Colin's Last Stand is free of baked-in ads, product placement, and other obnoxious forms of advertising because of your support. Please consider subscribing to CLS' Patreon to show your support for independent historical and political content: http://www.patreon.com/colinslaststand Twitter: @notaxation Instagram: @clsmoriarty Facebook: /colinslaststand Reddit: /r/ColinsLastStand Still images in this video were acquired from the following sources, for which Colin's Last Stand is thankful: Amazon, Biography.com, Eater, History.com, New York Daily News, The Libertarian Republic, The Library of Congress, Valerie Fitzgerald, Washington Times, Wikia, Wikimedia, and Wikipedia. Selected Bibliography/Reading List: http://www.famous-trials.com/johnson/487-constitution http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-impeachment-ended-up-in-the-constitution http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/robert-muellers-first-steps-in-the-russia-investigation/article/2623689 http://history.house.gov/Institution/Origins-Development/Impeachment/ http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/tocs/a1_2_5.html https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/overview http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-charged-with-first-of-three-articles-of-impeachment https://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/connections/abraham-lincoln-papers/history8.html https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/12/the-radicalism-of-lincolns-10-percent-plan/ http://www.salon.com/2014/09/13/racism_and_the_founding_of_the_gop_abraham_lincoln_the_civil_war_and_the_real_history_of_the_republican_party/ http://www.politico.com/story/2008/02/republican-party-founded-on-february-28-1854-008726 https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=37 http://www.tn4me.org/article.cfm/era_id/5/major_id/6/minor_id/7/a_id/31 http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/congress-overrides-veto-to-enact-civil-rights-bill-april-9-1866-236956 https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/Johnson_TenureofOfficeAct.pdf http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-andrew-johnson-impeached https://www.minnpost.com/eric-black-ink/2011/11/why-president-andrew-johnson-was-impeached-and-why-we-should-care-today https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/The_Senate_Votes_on_a_Presidential_Impeachment.htm http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/gperjury092498.htm http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/bill-feds-cut-dealsurrenders-law-license-escape-ind-article-1.904790 http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/12/19/impeachment.01/ http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/02/12/senate.vote/