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This Day in Legal History: President Johnson Impeachment Inquiry
On November 25, 1867, the U.S. Congress took a historic step by convening a commission to investigate the potential impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. Johnson, who assumed the presidency after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, had clashed repeatedly with the Republican-controlled Congress over Reconstruction policies aimed at rebuilding the South and securing rights for freed slaves. His lenient approach toward former Confederate states and frequent vetoes of civil rights legislation had alienated many lawmakers. Tensions…
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