Under Article II of Section 4 in the U.S. Constitution "...shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."
The exact definition of what constitutes an impeachable offense is up to Congress to decide. The House decides what the charges are. The Senate holds the trial and serves as jury with the Chief Justice presiding in the trial.
To get impeached the president would have to bribe, lie, or have a misdemeanor against him.
do something unconstatutional
he is impeached
President Johnson
President of what country? In America president Johnson was not removed from office
To get impeached the president would have to bribe, lie, or have a misdemeanor against him.
To get impeached the president would have to bribe, lie, or have a misdemeanor against him.
no president has been removed
do something unconstatutional
he is impeached
President Johnson
The president must be formally charged with a crime (impeached) by the House of Reps. and then must stand trial in the US Senate. If convicted, he/she is removed. Impeached does not mean removed. We have impeached two presidents, but have never removed one.
The president must be formally charged with a crime (impeached) by the House of Reps. and then must stand trial in the US Senate. If convicted, he/she is removed. Impeached does not mean removed. We have impeached two presidents, but have never removed one.
Andrew Johnson became president after Lincoln's assassination and was impeached in 1868 but was not removed, Johnson was the 17th president.
The Chief Justice of the United States presides over the Senate trial, when the President has been impeached. If the president is convicted and removed from office, the vice-president would become President.
President Andrew Johnson was impeached by the House of Representatives, but not removed from office by the Senate.
Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton have been impeached, but neither was removed from office. Both were acquitted at the trial that followed their impeachment. Richard Nixon was about to be impeached when he resigned. No president has ever been removed from office.