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How can the president be removed?
The president must be formally charged with a crime (impeached) by the House of Reps. and then must stand trial in the US Senate. If convicted, he/she is removed. Impeached does not mean removed. We have impeached two presidents, but have never removed one.
How can a president be removed?
The president must be formally charged with a crime (impeached) by the House of Reps. and then must stand trial in the US Senate. If convicted, he/she is removed. Impeached does not mean removed. We have impeached two presidents, but have never removed one.
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.
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 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.
Do you think that Obama should be impeached?
In the United States a President is only impeached if it is believed they have taken part of unlawful events. The House of Representatives must reach a majority vote on impeachment and then the President is tried by the U.S. Senate. President Obama would only be impeached if he did something unlawful and the House voted to impeach him.
Who are the two that were impeached?
President Andrew Johnson and President Bill Clinton were both impeached. President Richard Nixon was supposed to be impeached, but he stepped down from office before the official impeachment, so technically he wasn't impeached.
Who was the second US President to be impeached?
The second President to be impeached was William J. Clinton, in 1998.
Can the vice president be impeached after the president has?
Yes
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.
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.
What was the outcome of the impeachment efforts?
If a president is impeached, which only the House can do, he must face a trial by the senate. If they convict him of the charges brought forth in the impeachment by a 2/3 vote, he is removed from office. If not, he stays on the job as president.
