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The US Senate tries government officials who have been impeached by the House of Representatives, and may remove them from office if they find just cause.
Andrew Johnson, bill Clinton
The legislative branch is granted the authority to impeach federal officials. If convicted, the officials can then be removed from office.
Only the House of Representatives may impeach a federal official. The 16 federal officials impeached to date include two Presidents, Andrew Johnson & Bill Clinton.
The US Senate has the sole power to try impeachment cases for federal officials.
All government officials can be impeached and its the safeguard against corruption at the federal level. The president can be impeached as well as any other holder of public office.
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All government officials can be impeached and its the safeguard against corruption at the federal level. The president can be impeached as well as any other holder of public office.
The Senate
The US Senate tries government officials who have been impeached by the House of Representatives, and may remove them from office if they find just cause.
Federal officials can be impeached in the House of Representatives. If a simple majority of the House votes for impeachment, the official proceeds to trial in the Senate.
Andrew Johnson, bill Clinton
The Values of Babylon are Justice and Authority. They respected all officials that dealt with Authority and Justice and they officials that had lots of Authority reported to the kings.
The US Senate tries government officials who have been impeached by the House of Representatives, and may remove them from office if they find just cause.
Although I have never heard of "proof of innocence" - if you have such hard "evidence" then this is a question that should be directed to your attorney.
i think they get authority from the constitution