The power to impeach presidents, judges, and civil servants is an explicit authority granted to Congress. The legislative branch can draft articles of impeachment and try the accused before them.
The US Senate acts as the jury and tries any impeachment cases. When the House of Representatives accuses an official of a crime, the US Senate decides whether or not the official is guilty.
Impeachment
If you mean US presidential impeachments, then the Senate has the sole power to try and acquit or convict.
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In the case of US presidents, The House impeaches, and the Senate tries the case.
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The House of Representatives has sole authority to bring Articles of Impeachment (like a grand jury indictment) against the President and other government officials. If the House votes in favor of impeachment, the case proceeds to trial in the Senate. No one can be removed from office by impeachment (the first step in the process) alone.
If you are talking about impeachment, the Senate tries the president and can convict him of impeachment charges passed by the House. If the president actually committed a crime, he could be indicted, tried and convicted by the court system like any other citizen.
The US Congress. The House of Representatives must vote for impeachment (indictment) and the Senate holds the actual trial, which requires a 2/3 majority to convict.
Impeachment, which is the Constitutional process whereby the U.S. Congress charges and tries public officials for "high crimes and misdemeanors", and, if convicted, removes them from office. The U.S. House drafts the Articles of Impeachment, and the U.S. Senate tries them, and in the case of the President of the United States, the Chief Justice of the United States presides over the proceedings.Read Nixon v. United States, 506 U.S. 224 (1993).
The House of RepresentativesUnder Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution, the House of Representatives has the sole power to impeach (bring charges against) federal officials.The impeachment process is similar to a grand jury indictment in a criminal trial, in that the House doesn't vote on guilt or innocence, but on whether there is a legitimate reason to try an official on specific charges (called Articles of Impeachment). If a simple majority of the House votes for impeachment, the official proceeds to trial in the Senate.The House of Representatives has the sole power to impeach federal officials. The House of Representatives has this power under Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution.