impeachment

Examples of impeachment in the following topics:

• Impeachment and Removal from Office

  • Nixon was subsequently impeached by the United States House of Representatives.
  • The House of Representatives has the sole power of impeaching, while the United States Senate has the sole power to try all impeachments.
  • The removal of impeached officials is automatic upon conviction in the Senate.
  • Non-members may trigger the impeachment process.
  • The impeached official has the right to mount a defense with his own attorneys as well.

• The Legislative Function

  • The House initiates impeachment cases, while the Senate decides impeachment cases.
  • A two-thirds vote of the Senate is required before an impeached person can be forcibly removed from office.
  • Congress also has the exclusive power of removal, allowing impeachment and removal of the president, federal judges and other federal officers.
  • Senate, in session during the impeachment trial of Bill Clinton.

• The House of Representatives

  • In the history of the United States, the House of Representatives has impeached sixteen officials, of whom seven were convicted.
  • (Another, Richard Nixon, resigned after the House Judiciary Committee passed articles of impeachment but before a formal impeachment vote by the full House. ) Only two Presidents of the United States have ever been impeached by the House: Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Bill Clinton in 1998.
  • The House has several exclusive powers: the power to initiate revenue bills, to impeach officials, and to elect the President in case there is no majority in the Electoral College.

• Vertical Checks and Balances

  • The branch has sole power of impeachment (House of Representatives) and trial of impeachments (Senate), meaning it can remove federal executive and judicial officers from office for high crimes and misdemeanors.
  • This branch has the power to grant "reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment. "

• Checks and Balances

  • Lastly, the legislative has sole power of impeachment (House of Representatives) and trial of impeachments (Senate); it can also remove federal executive and judicial officers from office for high crimes and misdemeanors.
  • The judiciary also has involvement in the impeachment process of a president.
  • The Chief Justice presides in the Senate during a president's impeachment trial.

• The Legislative Branch

  • The House initiates impeachment cases, while the Senate decides impeachment cases.
  • A two-thirds vote of the Senate is required before an impeached person can be forcibly removed from office.
  • The House has several exclusive powers: the power to initiate revenue bills, to impeach officials, and to elect the U.S.
  • The Senate also confirms appointments of Cabinet secretaries, federal judges, other federal executive officials, military officers, regulatory officials, ambassadors, and other federal uniformed officers, as well as trial of federal officials impeached by the House.

• The Supreme Court as Policy Makers

  • Though subject to the process of impeachment, only one Justice has ever been impeached and no Supreme Court Justice has been removed from office.

• Investigation

  • It is implied in the legislature's authority, among other powers and duties, that it can appropriate funds, enact laws, raise and support armies, provide for a Navy, declare war, and impeach and remove from office the president, vice president, and other civil officers.
  • The legislature is authorized to appropriate funds; raise and support armies; provide for and maintain a navy; declare war; provide for organizing and calling forth the national guard; regulate interstate and foreign commerce; establish post offices and post roads; advise and consent on treaties and presidential nominations (Senate); and impeach (House) and try (Senate) the President, Vice President, and civil officers for treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.
  • The legislature is authorized to appropriate funds; raise and support armies; provide for and maintain a navy; declare war; provide for organizing and calling forth the national guard; regulate interstate and foreign commerce; establish post offices and post roads; advise and consent on treaties and presidential nominations (Senate); and impeach (House) and try (Senate) the President, Vice President, and civil officers for treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.

• Separation of Powers

  • Congress may terminate such appointments by impeachment, and restrict the president .
  • Senate, in session during the impeachment trial of Bill Clinton.

• Senate Confirmation

  • However, following confirmation by the Senate, all Supreme Court justices hold office for life unless they are impeached or they voluntarily retire.