The power to impeach presidents, judges, and civil servants is an explicit authority granted to Congress. The legislative branch can draft articles of impeachment and try the accused before them.
The House of Representatives has sole authority to bring Articles of Impeachment (like a grand jury indictment) against the President and other government officials. If the House votes in favor of impeachment, the case proceeds to trial in the Senate. No one can be removed from office by impeachment (the first step in the process) alone.
The House of Representatives has this responsibility and power.
After the House of Representatives has voted to impeach a president, the actual trial is conducted by certain members of the House chosen by that body to act as the prosecutor in much the same way that a prosecutor or district attorney conducts trials against people accused of a crime. The Senate serves as the jury in the trial and the Chief Justice of the US serves as the judge who presides over the trial.
which legislative body is non elective
Because its the head of the whole government body.
An impeachment starts in the House and then the trial moves to the senate.
Impeachment
The House of Representatives has sole authority to bring Articles of Impeachment (like a grand jury indictment) against the President and other government officials. If the House votes in favor of impeachment, the case proceeds to trial in the Senate. No one can be removed from office by impeachment (the first step in the process) alone.
If you are talking about impeachment, the Senate tries the president and can convict him of impeachment charges passed by the House. If the president actually committed a crime, he could be indicted, tried and convicted by the court system like any other citizen.
a legislature body handles the impeachment process
a legislature body handles the impeachment process
The House of Representatives holds the sole power of impeachment .
Impeachment is the process by which a legislative body formally levels charges against a high official of government for misconduct. In the United States, the House of Representatives has the sole power to impeach, while the Senate holds the trial to determine whether to remove the official from office.
The US Congress has this power. The House of Representatives starts the impeachment proceedings but the Senate has the final vote.
By the Constitution, the U.S. Senate tries impeachments, presided over by the Chief Justice of the United States. A grand jury is an assembly of citizens to consider probable cause to bring ordinary charges, and has nothing to do with the constitutional process of impeachment.
the house of representatives has the power of impeachment and the senate has the sole power to try an impeached officer
legislative branch