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presidential impeachment  

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  • Within the American constitutional system, impeachment is an extraordinary legislative check on both executive and judicial power. As such, it is one of the most potent, yet least exercised, powers of Congress. [Source: Student's Guide to Elections; Impeachment, Presidential]

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