To answer you question, no. The president appoints Judicial Court member and then the Judicial Court members in return decide whether or not bills sent by congress are Constatutional or Unconstitutional and to that Congress can Impeach a president there by keeping balance between the 3 branches. Without that one branch could overpower another and i would just be catastophic, even though i think that Congress has too much power. But they wont use it. It is basically a huge system of checks and balances. It has been what has kept this country afloat for so many years. even though this country is slowly falling apart because of the people in office. Well i hope you have your answer and if you would like to know more just email me at centennialrams@hotmail.com. THANK YOU....
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The House of Representatives has the authority to impeach the president. This process involves bringing formal charges against the president, which requires a majority vote in the House. If the president is impeached, the case then moves to the Senate, which holds a trial to determine whether to convict and remove the president from office. A two-thirds majority vote in the Senate is needed for conviction.
the house is empowered to vote to impeach the president by simple majority vote. meaning they suggest for him to be impeached. then the senate acts as a court of law and tries the president for the charged offenses. a 2/3 majority vote is needed to remove the president from office.
Article I Section 3 Clause 7
The Senate acts as the jury; they hold the trial and vote on guilt. The House of Representatives votes to impeach and the Senate decides whether they are guilty.
Under the United States Constitution, the House of Representatives must vote to impeach the president. It requires a simple majority vote for the measure to be passed and sent to the Senate for trial.
The reason its so hard to impeach a president is because it takes the senate, the house and the chief justice to do it. There must be a majority vote in the House and a 2/3 vote in the senate with the Chief Justice presiding. In the case of Clinton it was hard for the senate to try him under the Constitutional wording of, "Treason, Bribery or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."
A simple majority which would mean 216 of the 435 votes in Congress is needed to pass a bill of impeachment and force the Senate to hold a trial. (In order to convict, two-thirds of the Senators voting must vote to convict.)
In the House of Representative a simple majority vote is required. In 2008 that would be 218 vote. In the Senate a 2/3 majority vote is required for impeachment or 67 of 100 votes.
two-thirds of the senate have to vote in order to impeach! That is what the senate has to do with impeachment! Just so you know... ;]
The Senate is the body that has the power to convict the President of charges brought against him in the impeachment process by a majority vote of 2/3. However, it is the House of Representatives that has the power to impeach the President. This information is located in Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution.
The Vice-President, who is President of the Senate, can vote to break a tie vote.
Congress can impeach the president through a two-step process. First, the House of Representatives must draft and approve articles of impeachment by a simple majority vote, which formally charges the president with misconduct. If the House votes to impeach, the process moves to the Senate, which conducts a trial and ultimately votes on whether to convict. A two-thirds majority in the Senate is required for conviction, which can lead to the president's removal from office.