Explainer: What Would It Take for U.S. Congress to Impeach Trump? - Reuters
Having lived through a near impeachment and an actual impeachment this is not news to me, however in discussions with some of my younger friends I found that many of them do not know what impeachment is, what it does, nor how it works. Here’s a quick read /summary that gives you background what it is and how it works so you don’t have to guess.
Also noteworthy: Impeachment is also how Congress can remove Federal Judges.
The founders of the United States created the office of the presidency and feared that its powers could be abused. So they included impeachment as a central part of the Constitution.
They gave the House “the sole power of impeachment;” the Senate, “the sole power to try all impeachments;” and the chief justice of the Supreme Court the duty of presiding over impeachment trials in the Senate.
The president, under the Constitution, can be removed from office for “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” What exactly that means is unclear. Historically, it can encompass corruption and other abuses, including trying to obstruct judicial proceedings.
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