[PAA-Discuss] Impeachment Process Overview

[Cheryl Crosier]

HI All

Hope this is not offensive to anyone because you already know these 
steps, but I thought it was a concise summary when I started looking 
up information on the process.     ---Cheryl

This is from http://www.law.cornell.edu/background/impeach/impeach.htm

The Impeachment Process in a Nutshell

1.  The House Judiciary Committee  deliberates over whether to 
initiate an impeachment inquiry.

2. The Judiciary Committee adopts a  resolution seeking authority 
from the entire House of Representatives to conduct an inquiry. 
Before voting, the House debates and considers  the resolution. 
Approval requires a majority vote.

3. The Judiciary Committee conducts an  impeachment inquiry, possibly 
through public hearings. At the conclusion of the inquiry, articles 
of impeachment are prepared. They  must be approved by a majority of 
the Committee.

4. The House of Representatives considers  and debates the articles 
of impeachment. A majority vote of the entire House is required to 
pass each article. Once an article is approved,  the President is, 
technically speaking, "impeached" -- that  is subject to trial in the 
Senate.

5. The Senate holds trial on the articles  of impeachment approved by 
the House. The Senate sits as a jury while  the Chief Justice of the 
Supreme Court presides over the trial.

6. At the conclusion of the trial, the  Senate votes on whether to 
remove the President from office. A  two-thirds vote by the Members 
present in the Senate is required for  removal.

7.  If the President is removed, the  Vice-President assumes the 
Presidency under the chain of succession established by Amendment  XX
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