2006-09-02 17:31:58 · 33 answers · asked by Kenny K 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Okay this question was already asked, and I won best answer. Impeachment is equal to indictment, meaning you've been accused of something--it does not mean you are removed from office. You have to be found guilty for what you've been impeached to be removed from office; Bill Clinton was impeached (by the House), but was not found guilty (by the Senate.) This follows the precedures as laid out in the constitution. Note that minor criminal acts do not result in removal--and in Clinton's case, it was a question as to whether this was a major or minor criminal act. The Senate decided for the latter and voted for not removing him.
Here's my answer from before:
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Impeachment is similar to indictment, meaning accused of a crime to stand trial for. The house votes to impeach, then senate votes if the president is to be removed from office. Both [only 2 total] cases of presidents being impeached--Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton--resulted in a acquittal by the Senate. (Nixon only had articles of impeachment passed by a house committee, but was never formally impeached.)
P.S. the person above who said he lost pension, etc. was incorrect. Only in the case you are removed are these aspect effected.
2006-09-02 17:45:18 · answer #1 · answered by Composer 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He was indeed impeached, but He was not removed from office.
What is most sad about the continued success of the Reagan tax cuts is how Bill Clinton and his supporters used the economy as a reason for him to stay in office after he was impeached. You might remember that his supporters were arguing that everyone should forget about what Clinton did in his private life because the economy was doing so well under his care. But the truth is that if it had not been for the Reagan tax cuts, Clinton might have been removed from office swiftly. Slick Willy caught yet another break.
2006-09-02 17:48:36 · answer #2 · answered by pooh bear 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Impeachment is a political trial not a legal trial, a way to solve a problem at the top of society when the law has become problematical. In this case the chief executive was accused of breaking the law, but he is the person charged with enforcing the law. At the bottom of society people solve problems like this simply by keeping their mouths shut, which I think Mr. Star should have had the wisdom to do. President Clinton was acquitted at the trial, so he did not have to leave office. He was
acquitted on President Lincoln's birthday, so you could say that it took the Republicans 150 years to drink their master's bitter cup.
Maybe that's a good thing.
2006-09-02 17:59:52 · answer #3 · answered by Robert R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes - he was officially impeached. But - impeachment means that he and his Presidency had to be voted upon by both the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Senate. He was obviously not voted out of office by both of these Government branches. Impeachment means to be called for a Government vote, not actually leaving office.
2006-09-02 18:01:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The house has the power to impeach the president. The Senate has the power to remove a (impeached) president from office.
2006-09-02 17:34:49 · answer #5 · answered by Russ 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Impeachment means you are officially accused. In order to get kicked out of office, you need to be convicted, and that's after Congress votes. If a majority votes you out, you get booted, but otherwise, you can stay president. In Clinton's case, the House of Reps. impeached him, but the Senate aquitted him, so he got to stay.
2006-09-02 17:38:30 · answer #6 · answered by Yah 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Clinton was the 2nd president to me impeached. (the first was Andrew Johnson, Nixon resigned before his impeachment hearings)
The House of representatives impeaches the president, then it goes to the Senate who decieds whether or not he will be removed from office...
simply stated, Impeachment is step one, removal is step two, and Clinton only made it to step one.
2006-09-02 17:36:56 · answer #7 · answered by TLJaguar 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Impeached means that congress agrees that the president will go up on charges in the senate. It takes the vote of the senate to remove him from the Office. In President Clinton's case, he was impeached by the house, but the vote to remove him from office failed in the senate.
Personally, I have more of a problem with a President who is involved in the Oil industry sending people overseas to be killed in a war with ever changing reasons for our being there! The lie about being with a lady with a blue dress and a cigar killed no one.
2006-09-02 17:35:26 · answer #8 · answered by Searcher 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Yes he was impeached. Even though he was it was not approved by a 2/3 vote by the senate which is why he was not kicked out of office.
2006-09-02 17:34:33 · answer #9 · answered by bumpocooper 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Hey Trollhair you need to retake (or take) 7th grade civics. He was impeached by the US House of Representatives, but the US Senate decided not to remove him from office.
2006-09-02 17:38:33 · answer #10 · answered by cashcobra_99 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋