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Impeachment is the functional embodiment of sovereign rule of the people as exercised through Congress' Constitutional mandate. Impeachment confers upon the Congress one of the ultimate powers of checks and balances in the ability to remove presidents, justices and civil servants.
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The process of impeachment provided for in the US Constitution is an example of?
Balance of power.
The impeachment procedure is an example of what principle?
It is one of the checks and balances of power provided in the US Constitution.
Is impeachment a verb?
"Impeach" is a verb. "Impeachment" is a noun.
Can select committee conduct impeachment?
No. While a select committee can recommend that articles of impeachment be brought, it cannot bring charges (articles of impeachment) or conduct the impeachment trial. Articles of Impeachment are brought by the full House of Representatives, and the impeachment trial is conducted by the Senate with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presiding.
Can the president veto an impeachment decision of the Senate?
No. The impeachment vote is not a bill.
