The punishment is the removal from office, disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the united states, the party shall nevertheless be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgement and punishment, according to law.
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The punishment is the removal from office, disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the united states, the party shall nevertheless be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgement and punishment, according to law.
The punishment is the removal from office, disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the united states, the party shall nevertheless be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgement and punishment, according to law.
If found guilty, the person is removed from office. That is the only punishment from the impeachment trial. However, after removal from office, he could be indicted and prosecuted by the courts for any crimes like any other citizen would be.
Impeachment only removes the official from his government position. Any other penalties would be imposed by a criminal court, if and when he is tried and convicted.
Civil charges can be put against the person who's being impeached and will result in removal of office.
Impeachment is only the start of what can be a lengthy process that may or may not lead to an official's removal from office.
Impeachment is not a crime, it is a process.
To accuse a judge of a crime is called impeachment. If an official is found guilty of a crime they can be impeached and removed from their appointment.
The Senate finds an impeached man guilty. They do this by conducting a vote. A vote of at least two-thirds Senators are needed to impeach an official.
No. According to Article III of the Constitution, US Supreme Court justices receive lifetime commissions, and may only be involuntarily removed if impeached by the House of Representatives, then tried and found guilty by the Senate. Justices must be guilty of misconduct or illegal activities to be impeached.
If the President is impeached AND found guilty by Congress, the Vice-President becomes President. IF the then-President (former Vice-President) is Impeached AND found guilty by Congress, the Speaker of the House becomes President.... Note that just impeaching and charging ALL of those 3 could take a President's entire term (4 years). This is why it's important to Vote and to Vote Wisely.
he loses his positionWhat you are talking about is 'Recall.' when an office official isn't doing his/her job they get recalled, because the people don't think this official is doing it right and they don't have to wait for the next election.