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Impeachment

Impeachment The Constitution provides that the President, Vice President, and all civil officers “may be removed from Office on Impeachment for and Conviction of Treason, Bribery, and other high crimes”.

Congressional Power The House has the sole power to impeach. The JUDICIARY committee brings the charges. This requires a MAJORITY votes Impeach simply means to accuse or bring charges. The Senate has the power to judge (act as a court) during impeachment trials. To be removed from office the senate must have a 2/3rds vote The Chief Justice presides over the Senate during impeachment trials

Judges So far the only 8 men have been found guilty during an impeachment trial and these were all Federal Judges. There have been 19 total impeachment cases. Two presidents have been impeached by the house but neither president was found guilty by the Senate.

Andrew Johnson: 17th President Johnson was Abraham Lincoln’s Vice President. He was president after the Civil War during the Reconstruction of the South. How do you think Andrew Johnson became president?

President vs. Congress Johnson and Congress had different ideas of how the South should be “reconstructed”. Johnson did not believe in harsh punishment for the Southern States while Congress (mostly Radical Republicans) thought the South should pay for tearing apart the nation.

Tenure of Office Act 1867 Created to limit the power of Johnson. Stated he couldn’t remove executive officers without the Senate’s approval. Johnson vetoed this act, Congress overrode the veto but the president violated the act anyways.

Johnson’s Trial Johnson was impeached by the house but he was NOT removed from office by the Senate. The senate fell short of impeachment by just ONE vote.

Bill Clinton Clinton was impeached by the House in 1998, this arose from an inappropriate relationship the president had with a White House intern. Remarks after the House He was accused of perjury and obstruction of justice Perjury: Lying under oath Obstruction of Justice: withholding information from the courts

Bill on Trial Bill was acquitted of both accusations. The majority of Congress agreed that what Clinton did was unethical but it wasn’t reason for impeachment. Final Remarks

Quick Quiz Who has the power to impeach the president? Who has the power to how the impeachment trial? How many president’s have been impeached? How many president’s have been removed from office?