In order to remove the U.S. president, the vice president, federal judges, and other federal officials from office, Article I, Section II of the U.S. Constitution gives the U.S. House of Representatives "the sole Power of Impeachment."  Article I, Section III gives the U.S. Senate "the sole Power to try all Impeachments."  In the history of the United States, the U.S. House has initiated impeachment proceedings dozens of times; however, only 19 individuals have faced actual Articles of Impeachment. Most of these 19 were judges, and most were acquitted or resigned from office before facing trial in the Senate.  All, save two, were impeached for "high Crimes and Misdemeanors."  In addition to the charges of bribery and treason, George Mason, a Virginia delegate to the Constitutional Convention who is known as the "Father of the Bill of Rights," proposed adding the phrase "high Crimes and...(Read Full Article)