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It requires a simple majority vote in the House of Representatives. (50% +1)

Note that a vote of impeachment does not mean that the official is removed from office. Impeachment merely means he has been investigated for an offense and is being charged with some form of wrongdoing.

If the President is impeached, he goes to trial in the Senate. The Chief Justice of the United States (Supreme Court) presides over the removal trial of a President; the full Senate acts as the jury. At the conclusion of the trial, the Senate votes for conviction or acquittal. Conviction, which results only in removing the President from office, requires a two-thirds super majority vote; otherwise, the President is acquitted and nothing further happens.

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According to Article 1, § 2 of the U.S. Constitution: "The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment." The question of whether there will be an impeachment trial is determined by this clause.

Keep in mind, that an impeachment is equivalent to an indictment, not a conviction.

An impeachment proceeding may be initiated by a number of sources including: members of the House of Representatives, special prosecutors, the President, state legislatures, grand juries, or by petition. Upon receiving a resolution for impeachment, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary votes to determine whether grounds for impeachment exist. Upon attainment of a simple majority vote in favor of impeachment, the committee presents the resolution for impeachment, with the committee's recommendations, to the full body of the House. After deliberating the resolution, the House votes on whether to impeach the defendant.

In order to impeach the defendant, the hearing requires:

  1. A quorum of a simple majority of House members
  2. A simple majority vote in favor of impeachment, by House members present

For the full resolution of the impeachment, or any article of the impeachment. Once the vote in favor of impeachment has been attained, the House informs the U.S. Senate of the outcome, and then chooses some House members to act as prosecuting attorneys, called "managers".

The U.S. Senate prepares to try the impeachment case, during which, it will hear the arguments of both sides. In the case of the impeachment of a U.S. President, the Chief Justice of the United States presides over the proceedings. In order to convict the defendant in an impeachment trial, the hearing requires

  1. A vote in favor of conviction equal to or exceeding two-thirds of the members of the U.S. Senate present
  2. A quorum of a simple majority of U.S. Senators.

According to Article 1, § 3 of the U.S. Constitution: "The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: and no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present."

Interesting Note: The President of the U.S, may not veto an impeachment trial conviction by the Senate, and the conviction may not be overturned by Presidential pardon. However, any further criminal convictions faced by the official, may be pardoned by the President.

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A vote of two-thirds is required in the Senate to convict the President on an impeachment charge that is about 67 percent. Criminal penalties do not apply in impeachment trials.

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two-thirds votes of "expel". It is in 1.2.5(Article 1, Section 2.5), 1.3.6(Article 1, Section 3.6), and 2.4(Article 2, Section 4)

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2/3 or 67 out of 100 senators

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2/3 the senate

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2/3 or 66.3 percent.

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every voteβœ…

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If a President is impeached are they no longer President?

Impeachment is only the first step toward removing a President from office. Impeachment by the House (like a grand jury indictment) is followed by a trial in Senate and conviction by the Senate is required in order to force the president out of office. Impeachment requires only a simple majority, but conviction requires that two-thirds of the voting Senators vote to convict.


Is this true or false an impeachment president is automatically removed from the office?

This stament is true.


Is it fair for the vice-president to preside over the senate at the impeacment of a president when he is next in line for that office?

The Vice-President does not preside at an impeachment of a President. The Constitution requires that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court preside over an impeachment trial.


How many presidents have been kicked out of office?

The word you're probably looking for is "impeachment", though technically the impeachment process is only part of it (after being impeached by the House of Representatives, the President must then be convicted by the Senate).


Who can be removed from office by the Impeachment process?

In the US, impeachment is the first step in attempting to remove a public official from office. Impeachment means "to bring charges against."The House of Representatives has the sole power of impeachment, which is like a grand jury indictment sending a defendant to trial.The Senate conducts the trial phase of the process. If the official is convicted by a two-thirds vote of the Senate, then he or she is removed from office. If fewer than two-thirds of the members vote for conviction, then the official is acquitted and remains in office.

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How can a president removed from office?

Impeachment by the House is the first step. This requires the Senate to hold a trial, with 2/3 majority required to convict. Conviction removes the President from office.


If a President is impeached are they no longer President?

Impeachment is only the first step toward removing a President from office. Impeachment by the House (like a grand jury indictment) is followed by a trial in Senate and conviction by the Senate is required in order to force the president out of office. Impeachment requires only a simple majority, but conviction requires that two-thirds of the voting Senators vote to convict.


The President may be removed from office if what occurs?

Impeachment


What do you call the process for removing the President from office?

impeachment


Can the president be remove from office?

The president can be removed from office through a process informally called impeachment. . Actually impeachment by the House is only the first step. The house passes a bill of impeachment , giving the charges against the president. The Senate is then required to hold a trial based on these charges and make a verdict. Andrew Johnson and Clinton were both impeached but neither was convicted. Nixon resigned when faced with charges that were almost certain to lead to impeachment.


What process can be used to remove the president from office for committing crime?

impeachment or conviction.


When was Johnson's impeachment?

President of what country? In America president Johnson was not removed from office


How many president have been remove from office by being found guilty the impeachment process?

In all unites states history, no president has ever been removed from office by impeachment.


Can a president be prosecuted while in office?

yes, it is called IMPEACHMENT.


When does a President require impeachment?

When there is a sort of misconduct held in the office itself or the government. Impeachment will be taken to order by the President/U.S Supreme Court.


Which term means the removal of the president from office?

impeachment * I think impeachment is merely the vote to remove a president from office. I don't remember the term for the actual removal. 2nd answer: Impeachment is an official accusation. Conviction (by the US Senate) is a finding of guilty.


Which of these did not occur following President Clinton's impeachment trial?

President Clinton was removed from office.