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Which body serves as the grand jury and convict during an impeachment trial?
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By the Constitution, the U.S. Senate tries impeachments, presided over by the Chief Justice of the United States.
A grand jury is an assembly of citizens to consider probable cause to bring ordinary charges, and has nothing to do with the constitutional process of impeachment.
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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.
After impeachment who has the power to remove president from office?
The House of Representatives act as the grand jury charging him or her with impeachment and the Senate is then the jury.
What does it take for grand jury to convict some one for the death penalty?
The grand jury does not convict anyone of anything. The grand jury hears the evidence presented by the prosecutor. If the grand jury thinks the prosecutor has adequate evidence, then the grand jury indicts that person. A trial will then be held before a petite jury, or small jury. It is that jury that determines if someone will get the death penalty.
How many votes to convict official who has been impeached?
Impeachment is a two-step process; the impeachment phase is similar to a Grand Jury hearing, where charges (called "articles of impeachment") are presented and the House of Representatives determines whether the evidence is sufficient to warrant a trial. If the House vote passes by a simple majority, the defendant is "impeached," and proceeds to trial in the Senate. The Senate trial, while analogous to a criminal trial, only convenes for the purpose of determining whether a Justice (or other officeholder) should be removed from office on the basis of the evidence presented at impeachment. The Senate must return a 2/3 Super Majority for conviction.
What serves as a gateway to Yellowstone national park?
The grand canyon
What serves as the prosecutors in a presidential impeachment trail?
The House of Representatives serves as a combination prosecutor/grand jury in that it both draws up the charges and votes whether to impeach the official on such charges. The House first appoints several Representatives as what are called "Managers" to draft the charges. Then the entire House votes on whether to impeach the official on the charges. If the vote is in the affirmative, the Managers handle presenting the evidence to the Senate or Senate Impeachment Committee.
What is the definition of impeachment and is it the Founding Fathers cure for keeping the executive branch from becoming a dictatorship during war or preconceived notion of a national threat?
Understand this first: when someone commits a felony, before that person can be brought to trial, an indictment must be obtained by the prosecuting attorney. This means that the prosecutor must present his or her evidence to a grand jury; the grand jury will decide whether or not there is sufficient evidence to warrant an indictment.An impeachment, in a sense, is just like an indictment. In fact, an impeachment is the bringing of charges against an elected or public official by the House of Representatives. Therefore, the House chamber of Congress acts as a grand jury in this situation and the impeachment is just like an indictment.Many people think that impeachment is the arrest, conviction, or overthrowing of an official's office. This is untrue. In fact, two-thirds of the House must vote for the impeachment in order for it to take affect. Moreover, if the impeachment makes it, the official to whom charges are brought against still has the right to a trial. The impeachment alone means nothing. After obtaining an impeachment, The Senate chamber of Congress has to try the official.The prime example of this is the case of former President Bill Clinton. Clinton was impeached, but he was never convicted during the trial phase. In fact, there have been two Presidents impeached (i.e. Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton), butnone have been convicted. Many people think that Richard Nixon was impeached; this is untrue. Nixon resigned before the impeachment was carried out.To answer the second part of your question, adding a clause concearning impeachment to the U.S. Constitution was the framers' way of saying, "No persons, elected officials included, are above the law." It is just that and nothing more.
What federal judges can be removed only by impeachment?
None. Only the House of Representatives can bring impeachment charges in the United States. Impeachment in the House is similar to a grand jury indictment in criminal court. If the House votes to impeach a judge, the person is not removed from office unless convicted at trial in the Senate.
Which branch impeaches judges?
The Legislative Branch. The House of Representatives has the sole power of impeachment (like a grand jury indictment). If the House votes for impeachment, the Senate conducts a trial to determine if the judge should be removed from office.
This charging document serves as an alternative to indictment by a grand jury prepared by the prosecution in lieu of going to the grand jury?
Information and complaint
Who Leads the meetings of a sultan's imperial council and serves as the chief minister to the sultan?
Grand Vizier
What branch of government holds the trial to impeach a president?
The Senate with the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court presiding, but the President can be tried for impeachment only after articles of impeachment have been presented to it by the House of Representatives, which in effect, functions as a grand jury to bring charges in the first place.
