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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.
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What does the senate have sole power of?
According to Aricle 1, Section 3.6 of the U.S. Constitution "The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments." All impeachment trials are held in the Senate, where the President can be found guilty with an a 2/3 vote majority.
What special body elects the US president and vice president?
The U.S. President and Vice President are elected by the special body called the Electoral College. Each state has electors that are appointed. In total, there are 538 electors.
Who always serves as president of senate?
The vice president of the US is the president of the US senate.
Under the US Constitution who becomes president of the us if the president should die?
the vice president
Who serves as a president of the US senate?
The vice-president of the United States is the president of the US senate.
Who has the sole power to try all impeachments?
TheSenate has the sole power to try all Impeachments. The House of Representatives has the sole power of Impeachment. This is according to the US. Constitution in Article 1
Who has the sole power to hold impeachment trials?
The Senate has the sole power to hold the trial
Was the impeachment proceedings started by the house or the senate?
In the US the House of Representatives the sole power to impeach and the US Senate has the sole power to try impeachments. The process begins in the House of Representatives.
What does the senate have sole power of?
According to Aricle 1, Section 3.6 of the U.S. Constitution "The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments." All impeachment trials are held in the Senate, where the President can be found guilty with an a 2/3 vote majority.
The vice president is the president of what legislative body?
The US Senate
What is the body of electors who formally elect the US president and vice president?
congress
What body has the power to impeach a US president?
The Senate
Why The Senate act as the court in the case of impeachments?
The Senate has the right to try a President who has been impeached for "high crimes and misdemenors" because that is how the process was established in the US constitution. The House of Representatives has the responsibility of determining whether to impeach a President. That is the rough equivalent of an inditement in the criminal court system.
What is the congressional body that tries to impeach a US President?
senate
Why did the president brought the us into the Korea war?
to try to contain Communism
When is the one time the Chief Justice presides over the Senate?
Article I, Section 3 of the US Constitution provides that the Chief Justice of the United States presides over the Senate trial if the House of Representatives votes to impeach the sitting President."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.Judgment in Cases of Impeachments shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust, or Profit under the United States, but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment, and Punishment, according to Law."
Who limits the president's term?
The US Constitution, assuming you're talking about the US President. If you're talking about some other president, presumably the constitution of that body would do so.
