Article 2 Section 4 U.S. Constitution "The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."
Anyone can be impeached, Supreme Court justices, federal judges, Cabinet members, directer of the FBI, CIA. Impeachment itself simply means to bring charges against. Only the House of Representatives can impeach the President and certain other federal officers. Once impeached, the Senate puts them on trial and may remove them from office
House and Senate impeaches, tries, and removes it's own members.
Holders of public office at other levels of government can be impeached through other paths. For example, a Governor or state judge is impeached through processes specified by the particular state.
Clinton was impeached but not officially removed from office, and Nixon was to be impeached but resigned before he could be impeached.
No, he was not impeached.
What happens if someone is impeached? What happens if someone is impeached?
the executive branch can be impeached
He was impeached in 1998
The President can be impeached. After Abraham Lincoln was assassinated his vice President (Andrew Johnson) was impeached. Also Nixon was impeached
He wasn't, he resighned before he could be impeached.
Andrew Johnson and Clinton.
Nobody in the US was impeached on this date. Closest was Andrew Johnson who was impeached on February 24, 1868.
President Andrew Johnson and President Bill Clinton were both impeached. President Richard Nixon was supposed to be impeached, but he stepped down from office before the official impeachment, so technically he wasn't impeached.
As of 2014 there have only been 8 U.S. Governors who have been impeached. The last one to be impeached was Governor Rod Blagojevich in 2009.
Andrew Johnson, and Bill Clinton