Article II
Section 4
clause 1
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
FEDERALIST NO. 39
DeB 222-
The Conformity of the Plan to Republican Principles
For the Independent Journal Wednesday January 16, 1788
DeB 228-Author: James Madison
To the People of New York
6Could any further proof be required of the republican complexion of this system, the most decisive one might be found in its absolute prohibition of titles of nobility, both under the federal and the State governments; and in its express guaranty of the republican form to each of the latter.