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What happens if someone is impeached? What happens if someone is impeached?
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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.
How many people have to vote to accuse an impeached official?
What is the required vote that is neccasry to convict someone who has been impeached
What is the required vote the is necessary to convict someone who has been impeached?
two-thirds of the members in the Senate
What is only penalty that can be imposed on someone who is impeached?
They will be removed from office
Who were the prsidents that were impeached?
Clinton was impeached but not officially removed from office, and Nixon was to be impeached but resigned before he could be impeached.
Was Theodore Roosevelt impeached?
No, he was not impeached.
What branch can be impeached?
the executive branch can be impeached
Was Andrew Jackson the first US President to be impeached?
No, someone with a name sounding closer to him was.Andrew Johnson, as Vice President of the United States, succeeded Abraham Lincoln when Lincoln was assassinated in 1865. President Johnson was impeached by the US House of Representative in 1868 but the resolution failed in the Senate by one vote. Still, President Andrew Johnson, a tailor by profession, became the first US President to be impeached.
Can a president be impeached and continue in the presidency after the proceedings?
If the president was impeached he would NOT remain in office. To be impeached means that you are charged with treason or another crime against the state.Treason is the crime of betraying ones country, or even just the betrayal of someone or something.
Who has the power to perform the trial of those impeached?
Once the House of Representatives has impeached someone (formally accused them of a crime), The United States Senate conducts the trial of impeachment. The chief justice of the supreme court presides at this trial.
What year was Bill Clinton impeached?
He was impeached in 1998
Who took over as Illinois Governor after Rod Blagojevich was removed from office?
Pat Quinn was sworn in as the next Governor of Illinois after Rod Blagojevich was impeached.
