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What is the maximum years a president can be imprisoned through impeachment?
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∙ 13y ago
The result of conviction after impeachment is removal from office- imprisonment is not a possibility from this process. Civil courts could indict and try him for crimes that could result in prison sentences upon conviction. The possible lengths of the sentences would depend on what the crimes were.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoImpeachment and conviction can only remove a president from office. If he violates the law he could be tried and convicted as a private citizen and subject to whatever punishment his crime warrants.
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What is the maximum number of years a US president can be imprisoned through impeachment?
Impeachment is the process by which the president would be removed from office. It does not carry a prison term. A term of imprisionment would be imposed for the crimes he/she is removed for at a separate criminal trial. If Bill Clinton would have been impeached and removed from office, a separate criminal trial would have been held to try him on the charge of perjury
Who is going through impeachment at this time?
No US President is charged with impeachment at this time! The last President to face impeachment charges was Bill Clinton.
Does The impeachment process of a federal judge only come through the president's approval?
no, The process of impeachment is an option of the Congress.
Who was only the president to have gone through the impeachment process?
andrew jackson
The impeachment process of a federal judge only comes through the Pentagon?
No. The House of Representatives has the sole power of impeachment under the Constitution.
Which president was the second US president to go through the Congressional impeachment process?
William Jefferson Clinton.
What part of government can cause the forced removal of a President through impeachment?
The House and Senate in separate proceedings
Who was the only president to have gone through the entire impeachment process and when?
1867=Andrew Johnson
Who is the two president that went through the impeachment process?
Andrew Johnson and John Kennedy
What is the act by which the congress accuses a president or supreme court justice of serious crimes?
Yes, through the impeachment process. Articles of Impeachment are drafted by the Congress detailed specific charges against a sitting president.
Who is the only president to have gone through the impeachment process?
Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson are the only two presidents who have gone through the entire impeachment process. They were both acquitted in the end and not impeached. President Nixon was going to be impeached but he resigned before it was announced.
Is it true that impeachment hearings of the president can only start in the Senate?
It starts there and it ends there. Impeachment is the part of the process that is done by the House. Think of impeachment as officially calling into question some behavior of a sitting president. If impeached by the House, the president then goes through an impeachment trial by the Senate. Even if the Senate chooses to acquit, the president has still officially been impeached. There is a rough parallel with civil law. You can be indicted of a crime, and then be found not guilty at trial. But you can never say that you were not indicted.
