Who can impeach the president?
Social Studies · Middle School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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- In the United States, the power to impeach the president lies with the U.S. House of Representatives.
- Impeachment is the process by which the lower house of Congress brings charges against a civil officer of government for crimes alleged to have been committed. Essentially, it's akin to an indictment in criminal law. If the House of Representatives votes to pass articles of impeachment, the president has been impeached, which then moves the process forward to the U.S. Senate.
- The Senate then conducts a trial. A two-thirds majority in the Senate is required to convict and remove the president from office. In this trial, senators act as jurors, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presides over the trial if it involves the president, and the House members who brought the charges act as prosecutors. If the Senate does not reach a two-thirds majority vote for conviction, the president remains in office.