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Can a president be impeached for not following the constitution?
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∙ 12y ago
Yes, if the House of Representatives agrees that he is violating the provisions of the Constitution. (The precise grounds for impeachment are up to the House to decide upon, but failure to uphold the Constitution would certainly be grounds if the charges could be proven. )
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What step does the Constitution provide if there is provide if there is persuasive edivience that the president of the US has commtite treason?
the president will be impeached
Did the constitution state that the Vice President would become president when the president died true or fals?
Yes, the constitution provides for the Vice President to take over when the president is sick, dead, or impeached.
The president of India can be impeached under article?
The President of India who is the de jure head of state can be impeached by either house of the Parliament under Article 61 of the Constitution of India.
What is impeachment and who can do this and to whom?
The whole principle depends on your country's constitution. A president, senate president or supreme court judge can be impeached.
What can a president or others be impeach for?
An U.S. President can be impeached for the following reasons: treason, bribery, and other high crimes.
What is the one rule that the government and the president have to follow?
One rule that the government and the president have to follow is to protect, defend, and go by the Constitution, or they can be, and might be, impeached.
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
What can a president or other officers be impeached for?
treason, bribery and other high crimes
Under the US constitution what congressional chamber has the power to try an impeached government official?
The trial of an impeached official (President, Vice President, cabinet official, member of Congress, or Federal judge) would take place in the US Senate.
What a president have to do to get impeached and removed?
To get impeached the president would have to bribe, lie, or have a misdemeanor against him.
Who cannot be impeached?
False 1 senator, 1 Secretary of War (1876) and 15 federal judges have been impeached Article II, Section 4, of the Constitution, the House of Representatives has the power to impeach the president, vice president AND ANY CIVIL OFFICER).
Why does the President have power over the us?
The President of the United States only has the power to which is granted him by the U.S. constitution. Any actions outside those executive power granted to him would be a violation of the U.S. constitution to which he could be impeached.
