Why is impeachment held in the House and the trial in the Senate?

This is a question on my history homework and nobody in my class can figure out why the impeachment is held in the House.|||The House session is similar to a grand jury where evidence is presented and indictments are handed out.





The Senate session is similar to an actual trial.





It is done so because the House is thought of as the lesser body of the legislature.





Edit: excellent, Barry W...|||In Federalist Papers No. 65, Alexander Hamilton explains why the proposed Constitution he and his friends are writing appoints the Senate, rather than the Supreme Court, to conduct trials of impeachment.





"The awful discretion which a court of impeachments must necessarily have, to doom to honor or to infamy the most confidential and the most distinguished characters of the community, forbids the commitment of the trust to a small number of persons."





"The convention, it appears, thought the Senate the most fit depositary of this important trust. Those who can best discern the intrinsic difficulty of the thing, will be least hasty in condemning that opinion, and will be most inclined to allow due weight to the arguments which may be supposed to have produced it."





http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/鈥?/a>





Read it. It is interesting!|||The US House of Representatives is the most representative body politic in the Federal Government -- it has the most members, they face election the most often, and they have the smallest constituencies -- and the Senate is considered to be populated by seasoned, veteran statesmen. They are more carefully and widely chosen. It has to be the legislature, the FULL legislature, which handles an impeachment and removal attempt, and it must be led by the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, because it is one of the most serious affairs we can encounter.





This is why the House was chosen to indict/impeach and the Senate was chosen to try it under the moderation and direction of the Chief Justice to determine if removal is warranted.





Congress also defines, tries and punishes treason and insurrection. The US Congress is considered the nation's highest magistrate, unlike judicial supremacist version of politics we see emerging today.








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"because its in the state . not federal plus the LAW was not uphheld


the impeachment of the Governor was wrong the law in the USA.is everyone


gets a CHANCE TO DEFENDE HIM OR HER SELF and judged by


a company of their peers





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Excuse me?





Please explain how impeachment is necessarly in the state and not Federal, and please explain how the impeachment of Governor Blagoyovich was illegal.





Also, Please tell us when you heard this on CNBC. I would not be surprised if you had, as they are total usurpers and demagogues, but I'd like to know when this was said so I can share that with others.|||Because that is how the authors of the constitution set it up. The House of Reps is more a political house, with elections every 2 years, thus is swayed more by public hysteria. The Senate is called the deliberative body for a reason, because its members are supposed to be more in tune with perspective and fairness.|||Constitution specifies.





Article 1, Section 2:





The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.|||because its in the state . not federal plus the LAW was not uphheld


the impeachment of the Governor was wrong the law in the USA.is everyone


gets a CHANCE TO DEFENDE HIM OR HER SELF and judged by


a company of their peers