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      "id": 103933,
      "date": "1999-01-07",
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      "title": "Standard of Proof in Senate Impeachment Proceedings",
      "summary": "The Constitution gives the United States Senate the responsibility for trying impeachments, but\ndoes\nnot address the standard of proof that is to be used in such trials. This report concludes that an\nexamination of the constitutional language, history, and the work of legal scholars provides no\ndefinitive answer to the question of what standard is to be applied. In the final analysis the question\nis one which historically has been answered by individual Senators guided by their own consciences.",
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    "Constitutional Questions"
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