a. president b.supreme court c.house of representatives
d.senate
2006-12-24 16:32:22 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
The house or the senate can bring charges; and the legilature in a state can send a request for impeachment to Congress, which is then considered in a committee.
If you are thinking Bush will be impeached, don't hold your breath. Without a two-thirds majority in the senate, an impeachment cannot succeed; so it would be a huge waste of time and money to bring such charges against him, even though he certainly has committed high crimes and misdemeanors against this country.
Even if Bush was successfully impeached, he's so brazen he'd probably not resign.
Let history deal with his crimes; he'll go down as the worst president in the history of the country. And let the democrats concentrate on putting right the complete mess the Republicans have made in the last six years.
2006-12-24 16:38:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
"Impeachment occurs so rarely that the term is often misunderstood. A typical misconception is to confuse it with involuntary removal from office; in fact it is only the legal statement of charges, parallelling an indictment in criminal law. An official who is impeached faces a second legislative vote (whether by the same body or another), which determines conviction, or failure to convict, on the charges embodied by the impeachment. Most constitutions require a supermajority to convict."
"In the United States, impeachment can occur both at the federal and state level. At the federal level, different standards apply when the impeachment involves a member of the executive branch or of the judiciary (and dispute currently exists over the use of impeachment against members of the legislative branch.) For the executive branch, only those who have allegedly committed "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors" may be impeached. Although treason and bribery are obvious, the Constitution is silent on what constitutes a "high crime or misdemeanor." Several commentators have suggested that Congress alone may decide for itself what constitutes an impeachable offense. In 1970, then-Representative Gerald R. Ford defined the criteria as he saw it: "An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history." Four years later, Ford would assume the Presidency, following a vote to approve impeachment proceedings against Richard Nixon."
House of Representatives.
And Cynthia McKinney is a lunatic hypocrite.
The asker did not ask for specifics except about the process other than the process itself.
2006-12-25 00:54:48 · answer #2 · answered by Rich B 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
C). Go to thomas.loc.gov and search for Cynthia McKinney's impeachment bill. She's got a pair of ovaries on her; she's introduced a reasonable set of articles of impeachment to the House. Too bad it'll probably die before ever being looked at by any other "representative"..
2006-12-25 00:36:06 · answer #3 · answered by eatmorec11h17no3 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
House of Representatives. Don't you remember when Clinton was impeached
2006-12-25 00:36:07 · answer #4 · answered by rallman@sbcglobal.net 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all there has to be an impeachable offense. That means a law has to be broken. So far the only laws being broken are treason by the Libracrats!
2006-12-25 00:37:18 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
My answer is C, House of Representatives.
2006-12-25 00:58:05 · answer #6 · answered by ryladie99 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would start in the House Judiciary Committee.
2006-12-25 00:35:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋