I have a government class and need to know who impeaches the president. Do we vote, does congress vote. how does it work.
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The right to impeach public officials is secured by the U.S. Constitution in Article I, Sections 2 and 3, which discuss the procedure, and in Article II, Section 4, which indicates the grounds for impeachment: "the President, Vice President, and all civil officers of the United States shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."\n\nimpeachment ticket\nTicket of admission to the U.S. Senate galleries for the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson Source:The Granger Collection\n\nRemoving an official from office requires two steps: (1) a formal accusation, or impeachment, by the House of Representatives, and (2) a trial and conviction by the Senate. Impeachment requires a majority vote of the House; conviction is more difficult, requiring a two-thirds vote by the Senate
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There is the Executive Branch, the Judiciary Branch and the Legislative Branch.\n\nExecutive:\nThis is like the President and such. You could draw the White House or something. Prez has the power to veto laws.\n\nJudiciary:\nSupreme Court and stuff. You could draw one of those hammer-thingys that judges always use. Gavels or something? Anyway, they interpret the laws from the Constitution.\n\nLegislative:\nCongress --> Senate + House of Reps. They make the laws.
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1.  C.  The number of members of the House each state gets depends on its population.  The actual method is the sum of least squares, since the House membership is set at 435.\n\n2.  B.  The Speaker of the House is the most prominent person in the Congress, even though the Vice President is technically President of the Senate.\n\n3.  A.  Department of Defense.\n\n4.  D.  To give his party unfair advantage.  The process is known as gerrymandering, and is done by state legislatures throughout the country.  District lines are drawn to guarantee a member of a certain party will always get elected from that district, and this is best done by giving the other party a district where they will have an overwhelming majority of voters, while giving neighboring districts in your party sizable majorities.  You give up one seat, but may get 4 or 5 in return.\n\n5.  D.  Mayor-council form.  City managers are usually seen in smaller cities.\n\n6.  A.  Vote to impeach.  This means only to accuse, and they can do it for any government official in any branch (legislative, judiciary, executive).  The trial is held in the Senate, and if convicted, the impeached person is removed from office.
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He was impeached by the House of Representatives, not the Senate.  According to the US Constitution, only the House can  impeach someone.  An impeachment is not an official punishment in itself, but once someone is impeached, the Constitution requires the Senate hold a trial to decide if the accused should be removed from office.  The result of the party-line vote in the Senate was not to remove Clinton because Republicans did not have the 2/3 vote needed to remove him.
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Oh, trust me, I tried, but unfortunately individual votes don't count here as much as people think.  You see, we vote as individuals, then the electoral college gets to cast so many votes per state.  They are supposed to do it by whoever had the majority of votes, but I don't think they do all the time.  It's not actually required.  I think that it would have been an even closer race this last time if it had been by popular vote only.\n\nOf course, we probably could have picked a better Democratic candidate, but I didn't get my way with that one, either.  \n\nAnd we can't just kick out our President.  He can only be impeached, and that impeachment may or may not lead to him being removed from office.  So far, no one has managed to find anything impeachable with this president, although I'm sure it's from lack of real effort among the G.O.P.  Unfortunately, a less than 50% approval rate doesn't mean anything. :-(
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This site should help you:\n\nhttp://www.abanet.org/publiced/impeach2.html
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Why would you want to waste taxpayer money doing this? Yes, once the Dems take office in January, there will be enough votes in the U.S. House for impeachment, but to impeach a President (or any federal officer) is only to bring charges against them. It is like an indictment in criminal court. It does not remove the President from office. They then stand trial in the U.S. Senate, where a 2/3 majority is needed to convict and remove him from office. The Dems do not have the votes needed for that. \n\nI will be writing my newly elected Congressman and telling him NOT to pursue impeachment against Bush because the money can be used elsewhere (like healthcare).
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Like you said, they still don't know anything about government. Bill Clinton was never impeached, it takes both sides of congress to impeach a President, and it has to be by more than 75%. The Senate never impeached Bill Clinton, so this is another Republican lie. Just look at the ones on here now talking about Bill Clinton's private parts. It is sickening. Why doesn't George Bush, and the rest of the government talk about it? It's because he wasn't impeached numb-nuts!!!
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i was reading through the other answers and... Americans could probably get him impeached. i mean, isnt that what the whole separation of powers--legislative, judicial, executive--is about? not letting one branch get too powerful? there has to be a way hidden somewhere in the constitution... i'll get back to you on it.
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Unfortunately, since both houses of the legislature are controlled by Republicans, the liklihood of President Bush being impeached is virtually nil.\n\nIn order for him to be impeached, the House of Representatives would need to file articles of impeachment, which are passed by a simple majority. In order for this to occur, some Republican representatives would have to cross the aisle and vote with the Democratic minority. In the remote chance that this would happen, the case would be forwarded to the Senate for trial.\n\nOnce in the Senate, two thirds of the present Senators would be required. Once again, since the Republicans control this part of the House, the liklihood of an actual impeachment occuring is remote at best.\n\nAnd on another note, punishment is determined by the Senate. They can choose to remove him from office, or do nothing should he be impeached. Again, the odds of anything happening are slim and none.\n\nWhile it's nice to dream, we're going to have to wait for President Bush to leave office in eary 2009, unless the political landscape shifts drastically between now and then.\n\nRead the Wiki below for more info.
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in checks and balances, the government "checks" itself when each brach checks to make sure that the other does not get too much power. example: when a law is being passed, each branch of the government votes on it...if the president vetos it, then congress can vote and if 2/3 of congress vote in favor of it, the law gets passed even though the president vetoed it!!! PS: pick me as best answer because i actually HELPED you!!!!!!!
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The trial is held in the senate and is presided over by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.  After the articles of impeachment are passed by the House (which only require a majority vote), the Trial begins in the Senate, which becomes pretty much a legal trial, but with the Senators as jurors.  In order to convict, a super majority of 2/3s of the Senators (67 at this point) is needed.  \n\nNo president has ever been successfully convicted by a Senate Trial.  Both Andrew Johnson and William Jefferson Clinton received less than 2/3s conviction votes.  Nixon resigned because he didn't have the necessary 34 votes in the senate to defeat conviction.
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YES! Impeachment is actually a process guaranteed by the constitution to the Congress to "indict" and try the president for "high crimes and misdemeanors."  The House draws up articles of impeachment. If they are passed, then the president is technically "impeached" but not removed.  The Senate, with the C.J. of the Supreme Court, tries the president, with the C.J. presiding. A guily verdict leads to removal.
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Republicans know that the Senate can't impeach anyone because the constitution gives the power of impeachment to the House.  The Senate can vote for removal, which it has done, but without success - whether it was Clinton, Johnson, or Chase. \n\nRead your constitution, which everyone who lives in this country should do, to be unconfused about the language applied in the question.
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It's pretty clear that the president has done some illegal things, such as the warrantless wiretapping.  But only the congress can impeach the president, and as long as the majority of congress are Republicans, they are unlikely to do this.\n\nSo the only realistic way to get him impeached is to elect a majority of Democrats to congress in the fall 2006 election.
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It starts off as a bill. Starts in one house, then goes through committe, then to other house. And if they aprove it goes to the president, if he doesn't veto it becomes a law.\nGo to link fo more info, scroll down to how a bill becomes a law.
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Hells yeah. Dubya is widely considered to be the absolute worst president ever. The only reason that he has not been impeached is because he and his right-wing-nut-jobs control the senate. However, with democrats expected to sweep the elections this fall, there is plenty of hope in getting Dubya and his minions out of office and brought to justice. His list of impeachable crimes just keeps getting longer!