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Impe History presents different in terpretations of the Constitutiona' grounds for impeachment, ac. cording to a USC government an international studies professor. Dr. Glenn Abernathy, whc teaches constitutional law at USC, said the interpretations range from the view that a U.S. official can be impeached only for criminal of fenses against the country to the opinion that Congress can impeach an official if it feels his job could be better filled by someone else. "The question of appropriate grounds for impeachment," he daid "could well .be one which is finally, decided by Congress itself and subject to no review by the courts." At the 1785 Philadelphia Con stitutional Convention, Abernathy said, treason and bribery were originally the only grounds listed for impeachment. George Mason of Virginia moved to add "or mal administration" but after ob jections arose substituted "or other high crimes and misdemeanors" instead. 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The other extreme view con cerning grounds for impeachment, according to Abernathy, was ex pressed in the defense of President Andrew Johnson: '"When the constitution speaks of teason, bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors, it refers to and includes only high criminal of fenses against the United States." Abernathy pointed out that the most recent official statement on The Women's Auxiliary of USC will treat their husbands to an evening at the theatre, Tuesday, November 6 at Drayton. Hall. Members and their guests are invited for refreshments at 7:30 before the 8:15 performance of "Madwoman of Chaillot. " Following the performance, there. will be a backstage tour. Members must make reser vations by calling the USC theatre box office at 777-5208 by 5 p.m. Friday, November 2. int Posters -=$4.95 ire or Negative ifle. Inc. 3 (803) 252;Z933 ISA )AY CLOSING NIGHT s.69 with student I.D. th Baked Potato or FF, A TIONS: L IVE, Cayce just off 3-26 r'. EAST OLU.IA.n Theori4 impeachment grounds rose out of an attempt by Republicans . tc impeach Supreme Court Justice William Douglas in 1970. At. that time Rep. Gerald Ford said in a speech in the House, "The only honest answer is that an im peachment offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history." The USC professor also noted that in 1913 a judge of the Com merce Court was impeached and removed from office on grounds not considered indictable offenses. Judge Robert Archbald was convicted of soliciting favors from railroad coMpanies involved in litigation. Concerning impeachment procedure, Abernathy explained that theconstitutiorgives the House of Representatives the sole power of impeachment, the formal charge against an official. A resolution calling for impeachment may be introduced by any member of the House and is then sent to the House Judiciary Committee. The Episcopal, Lutheran and ,Wethodist Student Centers at the University of South Carolina join forces each Sunday for a University Worship service often featuring contemporary themes. Each week, according to Methodist Chaplain George Duffie, the service has the same basic format which includes a call to worship, confessional, scripture reading and sermon . Other themes for the University Worship serv vices include "God As Our Con temporary" and "The Refor mation." Bu -b I ( SPE( FRE] I Offer good only i College St. locau Horseshoe) .s Vary The Judiciary Committee, he said, may hold hearings on the resolution. If the committee votes favorably, the resolution is reported to the full House along with the Articles of Impeachment, similar to a Bill or Particulars in indictment by a grand jury. The House can debate the resolution and a majority of the members present is necessary to impeach. The constitution, Abernathy continues, gives the Senate the power to try impeached officials. If the president \ is impeached, the constitution calls for the chief justice to preside at the trial and for the House to select one or more members to serve as "House Managers" to present the charges at the bar of the Senate. Abernathy explained that the trial proceeds in much the same fashion as a court trial and that the defendant has the opportunity for counsel, witnesses and cross examination. After evidence and testimony has been presented the senators GAME The Gamecock is published twice w during the fall and spring semest summer, with the exception of univ Change of address forms, subsc should be sent to The Gamecock. 29208. Subscription rate is $3 per sei Gamecock received $36,000 from th4 Offices of the Gamecock are rooni House on the university campus, 14 8178 and 777-4249,news and 777-3888, paid at Columbia, S. 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