Friday, December 2, 2011

What branch of the US Goverment must first start impeachment process to impeach the president?

House of Representatives start the ball rolling bringing impeachment charges. The Senate holds the trial.





Nixon resigns. Arlen Spector invokes Scottish Law|||http://www.impeachbush.org


http://www.impeachpac.org


http://www.rockthevote.org


Come November the Democrats will be the majority in Congress. Yet we all have to be sure and VOTE! right now the majority is republican so there won't be enough votes to impeach.

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|||Here's the wikipedia link.





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment鈥?/a>|||The legislative branch. In the United States:





The procedure is in two steps. The House of Representatives must first pass "articles of impeachment" by a simple majority. The articles of impeachment constitute the formal allegations. Upon their passage, the defendant has been "impeached."





Next, the Senate tries the accused. In the case of the impeachment of a President, the Chief Justice of the United States presides over the proceedings. Otherwise, the Vice President, in his capacity of President of the Senate, or the President pro tempore of the Senate presides. This would include the impeachment of the Vice President him- or herself. In order to convict the accused, a two-thirds majority of the senators present is required.





Following conviction, the Senate may vote to punish the individual only by removing him from office, or by barring him from holding future office, or both. Alternatively, it may impose no punishment. However in the case of executive officers, removal follows automatically upon conviction. The defendant remains liable to criminal prosecution. It is possible to impeach someone even after the accused has vacated his office in order to disqualify the person from such emoluments of office as a pension.





Congress regards impeachment as a power to be used only in extreme cases; the House has initiated impeachment proceedings just 62 times since 1789 and only 16 federal officers have been impeached:

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