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Presidential Pensions And Impeachment: A Proposal For Reform, Patrick E. Mears
Presidential Pensions And Impeachment: A Proposal For Reform, Patrick E. Mears
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
The Former Presidents Act grants annual monetary and clerical allowances and free office space to "former Presidents." Under the Act a President is ineligible to receive any retirement benefits if he or she is removed from office by impeachment and conviction in the Congress of the United States. However, a President facing imminent impeachment can retain the benefits by resigning before the impeachment process culminates in his removal from office. Constitutional considerations indicate that the benefits conferred by the Act could not be revoked or reduced by special congressional legislation upon resignation; such action could be challenged as a bill …