if a vice presisent is impeached and put on trial and the votes for hos charges are tied who is gonna decide what happens to him
2006-11-06 12:10:45 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
i learned in history today that a vice president has the power to choose the final cause of someone in supreme court if the "jury" has a equal amount of votes for the charges. is this right???
2006-11-06 12:29:58 · update #1
If the votes are tied then the Veep has escaped "conviction" by a wide margin. It takes 2/3s of the Senators to remove someone from office, not just a majority. The Chief Justice presides over the trial but he does not cast a vote.
2006-11-06 12:17:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Vice President has the tie-breaking vote in the Senate, for just about any vote. (See Article I Section 4)
As MarkD pointed out, this doesn't apply to Impeachment because it requires a 2/3 majority (See Article I Section 6).
2006-11-07 00:04:02 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋