The Vice-President does not preside at an impeachment of a President. The Constitution requires that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court preside over an impeachment trial.
There is no Vice-president in that case. That office remains vacant and the duties of the Vice-president to preside over the Senate is then handled by the President pro tempore of the Senate.
The VP does not preside because in the presidential line of succession if the President was removed, the VP would fill the role as president, meaning that the VP has enough motive to see the President removed from office.
Such is what the rules of the Senate say. The president of the Senate is the vice-president who would take the president's office if he were convicted. He would have a conflict of interest, to be sure. Also, it is good to have an experienced judge rule over such an important trial.
Executive office of the president
Since 1890, the most senior senator in the majority party has generally been chosen to be president pro tempore; this tradition has been observed without interruption since 1949. During the Vice President's absence, the president pro tempore is empowered to preside over Senate sessions.Orrin Hatch, a Republican and senior senator from Utah, is the president pro tempore of the Senate, having assumed office in January 2015.
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Not the uneducated ones that voted him in office, that's for sure!
Vice-President Andrew Johnson
There is no Vice-president in that case. That office remains vacant and the duties of the Vice-president to preside over the Senate is then handled by the President pro tempore of the Senate.
Not necessarily, if the vice president is not able to preside because he/she resigned, died, or otherwise left office, and there is no president, the Speaker of the House becomes president, and there is a long list after that should a major catastrophic event (nuclear war, etc.) occur killing top political leaders.
The VP does not preside because in the presidential line of succession if the President was removed, the VP would fill the role as president, meaning that the VP has enough motive to see the President removed from office.
The Vice President has to be familiar with Presidential duties because he has to be ready to take over this office n case something happens tp the President. Another of his function's is to preside over the Senate.
the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government
Such is what the rules of the Senate say. The president of the Senate is the vice-president who would take the president's office if he were convicted. He would have a conflict of interest, to be sure. Also, it is good to have an experienced judge rule over such an important trial.
The vice president over sees the Senate and votes in case of an exact 50-50 tie in the senate. The position is called the president of the senate. Also, should the president die, or for any reason leave office, the vice president becomes president.
Jose Maria Bocanegra (1787 - 1862) was the third president of Mexico. His term in office lasted only one week, from December 17, 1829 until December 23, 1829, appointed as interim by Congress while the actual president, Vicente Guerrero, was fighting an insurrection led by his vicepresident, Anastacio Bustamante.
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