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he cannot hold a position anywhere else in the us government. ----
{a second opinion):
The process is the same as for other federal officers. The senate holds a trial based on the impeachment charges and if the person is convicted he is stripped of his office.
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Who becomes vice president if Obama gets impeached and biden becomes president?
Biden would then nominate someone to be vice-president and if he is confirmed by both houses of Congress he would be the vice-president.
Who succeeds the President if he is impeached and convicted?
If the President is impeached and convicted, the Vice President would succeed him. The Vice President would then assume the role of President for the remainder of the term.
Can the vice president be impeached after the president has?
Yes
What happens if the president dies becomes ill or is impeached?
The speaker of the house takes over(:
How can the President get fired?
The President can be impeached. After Abraham Lincoln was assassinated his vice President (Andrew Johnson) was impeached. Also Nixon was impeached
Who takes office when a us president is impeached?
Nobody. A president continues to serve in office when he is impeached. If he is convicted and removed from office, the vice-president becomes president, same as if the president were to die.
What happens if the president is impeached and convicted?
If a president is convicted of a crime by congress, they are impeached. If congress decides toward it, the president must leave office. However, they can veto it. Two presidents have been impeached. They are Andrew Johnson, and Bill Clinton. Also, Richard Nixon would have been impeached for The Watergate Scandal, but resigned before such happened.
Who is the us impeached vice president who did not resign?
Spiro Agnew is the U.S. vice president who was impeached but did not resign. He served as vice president under President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973. Agnew resigned from office in 1973 due to charges of tax evasion and bribery.
If someone is impeached what is the next step taken?
If a president is impeached, then the vice president takes over and serves out the rest of the term as president.
If the vice president is impeached who becomes president?
The vice president becomes the new President if the President vacates his office for any reason, including death, resignation, or forced removal via the impeachment process. Note that the President would remain president after impeachment until and unless the Senate votes to convict. Being impeached is roughly equivalent to when a criminal is indicted or charged with a crime. After that a trial is held and unless they are convicted, nothing happens. Both Andrew Johnson and William Jefferson Clinton were impeached. Neither was convicted by the Senate so they each remained president. If the Vice President is impeached as well, the Speaker of the House becomes President.
When might the duties of the president devolve on the vice president?
If the President dies or if he resigns. Also If he is impeached.
Can the vice president be impeached with the president?
The impeachments for each person would be separate, but they can most certainly be impeached at or near the same time. But that depends on how the House of Representatives wished to proceed - they could decide that handling both impeachment procedures concurrently would be too much all at once.
