I see questions here quite a lot about impeaching Bush. From the way these questions are phrased, and a lot of the answers, I don't think these people really understand what impeachment really is. So this is a little test. You are on your honor not to cheat and look up the answer, or look at the other answers that may be posted before yours. Just off the top of your head, what do you think "impeachment" means?
2006-11-11 07:21:33 · 14 answers · asked by Mutt 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
YES! Impeachment is actually a process guaranteed by the constitution to the Congress to "indict" and try the president for "high crimes and misdemeanors." The House draws up articles of impeachment. If they are passed, then the president is technically "impeached" but not removed. The Senate, with the C.J. of the Supreme Court, tries the president, with the C.J. presiding. A guily verdict leads to removal.
2006-11-11 07:25:58 · answer #1 · answered by Perdendosi 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
It means that Congress has voted to throw the President out of office for illegal actions. However, one misconception is that the Senate impeaches the President. The Senate serves as a jury to the impeachment trial and the House can vote to bring it to trial. So, for example, both Clinton and Andrew Johnson were impeached but aquitted by the Senate. The latter case hinged on one vote. Go Edmund G. Ross!
However, it would be lengthy and stupid to impeach Bush since we would have a new neo-con president- Dick Cheney! Woohoo! NOT. Plus, the Republicans would say the Democrats wasted their time trying to get the two crooks impeached... and they would be right. Don't worry guys, only a couple of years left...
2006-11-11 07:32:01 · answer #2 · answered by Lizrd 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Impeachment (in this context) refers to a process in which the House of Representatives votes by simple majority, that the official in question has committed high crimes &/or misdeamenaors which render him/her unfit for office. If this passes, the House acts as prosecuter & the Senate as jury in a rrial. It takes 1 2/3 vote in the Senate to convict & remove from office. 2 Presidents have been impeached, Andrew Johnson & Bill Clinton. Neither was removed from office.
2006-11-11 07:35:48 · answer #3 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
While I am not sure what your reason for asking this question, the answer is that 'impeachment' is the act of having a trial for the President of the United States with the full Senate serving as the judge and jury and the House serving as the prosecutor.
2006-11-11 07:27:46 · answer #4 · answered by todd 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It bascically means to administer an investigation into a high level politician's alleged inapropriate behavior and decision making. If laws have been violated, pending the seriousness of the laws the law says that a said politician can be "removed" from office. In Bush's case, you're looking at his decisions and conduct and how he has handled the middle east. Was it in the best interest of this country to get involved? Or, was it his own motives that lead to military involvement. This is an area that Congress will definitely investigate. If he is found to be in violation, than by all means he should be "removed", or impeached.
2006-11-11 07:34:31 · answer #5 · answered by cold runner 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Formal charges being brought against a public official by the lower house with the actual trial being held in the upper house. In the US the lower house is the House of Representatives and the upper house is Senate.
Having gone through the impeachment of Bill Clinton, I didn't need to look it up, I watched it every day.
2006-11-11 07:26:20 · answer #6 · answered by misskate12001 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It's a process by which the house and senate hear charges against a seated president. The process is called impeachment, not the result per se of their findings, which is what we were taught as kids.
2006-11-11 07:25:35 · answer #7 · answered by martino 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Impeachment is the trial process a President goes through when he's been charged with crimes. Impeachment does not mean that he is thrown out of office - that is one possibility. (In Clinton's case, he was impeached, but was not thrown out of office.)
2006-11-11 07:24:37 · answer #8 · answered by Lunarsight 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
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2016-05-22 05:37:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The definition of impeachment is: To place a peach in an IMP!
2006-11-11 07:26:07 · answer #10 · answered by daydoom 5 · 2⤊ 4⤋