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Beau"The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. " ( quote from the Constitution.)
The process is for the House of Representatives to pass a bill of impeachment specifying the charges against the president. The Senate then acts the jury for a trial based on the charges.
The President may be 'impeached' for "high crimes and misdemeanors." The House of Representatives must vote for impeachment, and the US Senate then conducts a trial to determine the outcome.
Two Presidents (Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson) have been impeached by the House of Representatives, and in both cases the Senate acquitted, so neither were removed from office. In the case of Bill Clinton, the charges were for,perjury,obstruction of justice, and abuse of power which arose from the Monica Lewinsky scandal and the Paula Jones lawsuit.
Richard Nixon resigned under the threat of an impending impeachment, but he the House did not vote on impeachment since he resigned first.
The 25th Amendment allows for a majority of the Cabinet and Vice President to declare the President incapable of fulfilling the duties of the office by notifying both houses of Congress. The Vice President becomes the acting President.
The U.S. House of Representatives has the power to impeach any federal official, including the President, for bribery, treason, high crimes and misdemeanors. That person is then put on trial by the U.S. Senate. At the end of the trial, if at least two thirds of the Senators vote "guilty", the defendant is removed from office.
Also, according to the 25th Amendment, if the Vice President and a majority of the President's Cabinet declare the President to be unable to discharge the powers and duties of the presidency, the President denies it, the Vice President and the Cabinet repeat their declaration, and at least two thirds of each House of Congress agrees, the President is removed from office.
"...Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors" -US Constitution, Article II, Section IV
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What are three reasons that a vice president have go on to become a president?
1. The president passes away. 2. The president is convicted of abuse of power and is removed from office or he/she is removed because he/she had done a high crime, like theft. 3. The president is impeached by 2/3 vote in Congress.
Where is the president's office?
His office is in the West Wing of the White House. It called the oval office for obvious reasons.
Is this true or false an impeachment president is automatically removed from the office?
This stament is true.
Can the person who ran against him become president if the president is removed?
No, if the President is removed, retires or dies the Vice President will become President. If the Vice President can't fill the office for some reason then next in line is the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Why did president Wilson leave office?
All that is known of the reasons for President Woodrow Wilson to have left office was because he did not choose to seek re-election.
