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Why can the president vice president and civil officers be removed from office?
The president, vice-president and federal judges can be removed from office for committing crimes. First the person must be officially charged with a crime or crimes, this is called impeachment, and then the person must stand trial in the Senate where a conviction requires a 2/3 vote. Members of Congress, however, are not subject to this process.
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.
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).
The most powerful restriction on presidential authority is the legal process of?
The most powerful restriction on presidential authority is the legal process of impeachment. It is a procedure wherein the president can be removed from office.
Under what circumstances would the vice president not preside over an impeachment trial?
The VP does not preside because in the presidential line of succession if the President was removed, the VP would fill the role as president, meaning that the VP has enough motive to see the President removed from office.
The President may be removed from office if what occurs?
Impeachment
When was Johnson's impeachment?
President of what country? In America president Johnson was not removed from office
Which of these did not occur following President Clinton's impeachment trial?
President Clinton was removed from office.
The process by which a president is removed from office starts with?
Impeachment PLATO (D)
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 vice president be removed by the president?
No, the president does not have the power to remove the vice president from office. The only way a vice president can be removed is through the impeachment process by Congress.
Can the president remove the vice president from office?
No, the president does not have the power to remove the vice president from office. The only way the vice president can be removed from office is through the impeachment process by Congress.
What happens if the president steals money from the treasury?
The President could be impeached and removed from office after an impeachment trial. After he was removed from office, he could then be prosecuted like any other person.
How is the president able to be removed?
The process for removing the President begins with the House passing a bill of impeachment. That requires the Senate to hold a trial. After all the evidence is presented, the Senators vote of whether to convict. If 2/3 of those voting, vote to convict, the President is removed from office.
What branch of government is responsible for the executive branch after impeachment?
If you mean after the impeachment of the President, the answer is "The Executive" branch. The are two stages of "impeachment". The first is "impeachment", whereby the House of Representatives, by 2/3 majority, calls on the president to be tried before the Senate. The senate then tries the president. The President heads the executive branch. If he is impeached, and convicted by the Senate, he is immediately removed from office and the Vice President assumes presidential powers. If the President is impeached, but not convicted, he is not removed from office and continues as President.
What can get get you removed from the oval office?
That would be an impeachment (accusation) by the House of Representatives, and a conviction by the Senate. The reason for impeachment is generally due to a crime committed by the President. No President has ever been convicted and "removed from the oval office", though several have been impeached, the most recent being President Clinton.
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.
