Questions tagged [impeachment]
Questions related to a legislative body formally bringing charges against a high-level government official. This usually starts a process that can end in removal from office.
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Could Putin be impeached?
At least on paper, the Russian Federation is a constitutional democracy with the legal possibility of impeaching the President. There were three attempts to remove Yeltsin from office and Wikipedia ...
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Differences between impeachment and conviction of US president and New York State governor once they are out of office?
note: not asking specifically about Trump & Cuomo.
A recent US president was impeached twice in their first term by the US House and both times acquitted by the Senate. The second trial from ...
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What is an impeachable offense for the governor of NY?
Under what circumstances can the governor of New York be impeached?
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What is the purpose of the House investigation of what happened at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6th 2021?
What is the overall purpose of the House investigation of the events that occurred at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, 2021?
Is this investigation being conducted to decide whether new Articles ...
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Why allow congress to impeach an official if accused doesn't necessarily have to have committed a crime?
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Impeachment may be conducted by congress for the following reasons outlined in the U.S. Constitution:
Article I, Section 2, Clause 5 of the United States Constitution provides:
The House ...
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Are there legal penalties for lies (etc.) in a US Senate impeachment trial?
Suppose an impeachment of POTUS has progressed to the senate trial. And suppose that one of the representatives of one side or the other is shown to have lied, falsified evidence, covered up evidence, ...
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Why is the Constitutionality of an Impeachment and Trial when out of office not settled?
The US Senate has voted 3 times, once in 1876 and twice in 2021, that impeachment and trial of an official who has left office is acceptable.
Despite this, Mitch McConnell voted to acquit Trump in ...
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What legal procedures apply to the impeachment?
It was just reported by CNN that 3 GOP senators (Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz and Mike Lee) met with Trump's defense team today. When asked if meeting with senators (which are jurors) during the trial was ...
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Do senators have to attend an impeachment trial in order to be allowed to vote on the verdict?
If a senator has not attended the trial or was not paying attention while at the trial, can that senator still show up on the day of the vote on the verdict and cast a vote?
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Constitutionality of senate trial of "President" without Chief Justice presiding [closed]
Transcript here.
Let’s start with the text of the Constitution, which in article one, section two gives the House the sole power of impeachment when the President commits high crimes and misdemeanors....
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Have any Senators boycotted an impeachment vote?
This answer to What would happen if Senators boycotted the Impeachment Vote points out that the Constitution does not compel Senators to vote in an impeachment trial:
The Senate shall have the sole ...
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What would happen if Senators boycotted the Impeachment Vote
I know it would take a 2/3rds majority vote in the Senate to convict Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial. But what if a substantial number of Senators boycotted the trial, and declined to ...
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Can the Supreme Court declare an impeachment unconstitutional? [duplicate]
Somebody asked:Why is the Senate, and not the Supreme Court, deciding whether the current impeachment is constitutional?
As an Australian lawyer, I was thinking the same way. If a valid impeachment is ...
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Why doesn't the President Pro Tempore preside over presidential impeachment trials?
The Constitution specifies that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presides over impeachment trials of the President. SCOTUSblog says that the reason for this exception is
In any impeachment case ...
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Why is it impeachment of a private citizen to try the former president after leaving office? [duplicate]
I have seen many arguing that the senate trial cannot continue because Trump is now a private citizen. One cannot impeach a private citizen.
But the impeachment by the House occurred during Trump's ...
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