What is the definition of impeachment?

Question

I have a bet with my father that impeachment is the charges against a president, not an action. Who has been impeached as a president? Also do you agree that it is only charges?

Answer 1

You are right and your Dad is under the popular misconception that impeachment is equal to conviction.

And Yes, I think Clinton deserved both impeachment and conviction.

He lied to the American people and under oath. He lost his license to practice law you know. He was disbarred.

Answer 2

Impeachment Definition

Answer 3

I am pretty sure its kinda like when the house of representatives accuses you of something you did. And then the Senate acts like a jury and the figure out if you are guilty or innocent.Or in technical terms its :a formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office. Here's a example of impeachment:
A formal accusation of wrongdoing against a public official. According to the United States Constitution, the House of Representatives can vote to impeach an official, but the Senate actually tries the case. Several presidencies have been blemished by impeachment or the threat of impeachment: President Andrew Johnson was impeached after the Civil War but was acquitted. President Richard Nixon resigned from office as the House of Representatives prepared to initiate impeachment proceedings. President William Jefferson Clinton was impeached in 1998 but was acquitted by the Senate the following year.

Answer 4

impeachment

Criminal proceeding instituted against a public official by a legislative body. In the U.S. the president, vice president, and other federal officers, including judges, may be impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives. The House draws up articles of impeachment that itemize the charges and their factual bases. Once approved by a majority of House members, the articles are submitted to the Senate, which holds a trial. At its conclusion, each member votes for or against conviction on each article; conviction requires a two-thirds majority. A convicted official can be removed from office. The Constitution of the United States specifies that an officer is to be impeached for "high crimes and misdemeanors"; experts agree that impeachment is permitted for noncriminal misconduct (e.g., violation of the Constitution). Two U.S. presidents, Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton, were impeached; both were acquitted. In 1974, articles of impeachment were drawn up against Pres. Richard Nixon, who resigned before formal proceedings could begin. In Britain, where the House of Commons prosecutes and the House of Lords judges impeachment proceedings, impeachment was formerly a means by which Parliament could get rid of unpopular ministers, usually court favourites protected by the monarch. The procedure fell into disuse in the early 19th century, when cabinet ministers became responsible to Parliament rather than to the sovereign.

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Answer 5

Impeachment in the United States is an expressed power of the legislature which allows for formal charges to be brought against a high official of government for conduct committed in office. The trial or removal of an official is separate from the act of impeachment. Typically, the lower house of the legislature will impeach the official and the upper house will conduct the trial.

At the Federal level, the House of Representatives has the sole power of impeaching the President, Vice President and all other civil officers of the United States. Officials can be impeached for: "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors." The United States Senate has the sole power to try all impeachments. The removal of impeached officials is automatic upon conviction in the Senate.

Impeachment can also occur at the state level; state legislatures can impeach state officials, including governors, according to their respective constitutions.

Answer 6

When an irate citizen demands that a disfavored public official be impeached, the citizen clearly intends for the official to be removed from office. This popular use of impeach as a synonym of "throw out" (even if by due process) does not accord with the legal meaning of the word. As recent history has shown, when a public official is impeached, that is, formally accused of wrongdoing, this is only the start of what can be a lengthy process that may or may not lead to the official's removal from office. In strict usage, an official is impeached (accused), tried, and then convicted or acquitted. The vaguer use of impeach reflects disgruntled citizens' indifference to whether the official is forced from office by legal means or chooses to resign to avoid further disgrace.

Answer 7

Impeachment literally means "to accuse", its how the house of representatives charges someone. I don't think the word applies to the trial the official would face in the Senate. The only Presidents to be Impeached were Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton. Nixon resigned days before he was to be impeached, neither Johnson or Clinton were removed from office, Johnson was only one vote from it.

Answer 8

You are right. Your father is wrong. Impeachment is bringing up charges in the House. The Senate then votes on the charges.

Answer 9

Impeach is to take someone out of office for a crime they have done.

Answer 10

Bill Clinton was impeached, but did not have to leave office.