FROM THE BODY OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION: IMPEACHING A
U.S. PRESIDENT.
ARTICLE 1, SECTION 2, CLAUSE 5.
5: The House of Representatives...shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.
ARTICLE 1, SECTION 3, CLAUSE 6.
6: The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.
ARTICLE 1, SECTION 3, CLAUSE 7.
7: Judgment in Cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.
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.
ACCORDING TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, IMPEACHMENT IS, BASICALLY; A FORMAL ACCUSATION THAT IS LODGED AGAINST AN OFFICIAL, WITH THE PURPOSE OF FINDING OUT IF THERE IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO TRY THEM FOR "...TREASON, BRIBERY, OR OTHER HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS."
IT IS SIMILAR TO AN "INDICTMENT", A TERM USED IN CRIMINAL LAW. WHEN WE CONSIDER THE CASE OF A SITTING U.S. PRESIDENT, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES VOTES ON THE "ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT", AND BY A MAJORITY VOTE, IT EITHER FAILS THIS INITIAL TEST AND NO ACTION IS TAKEN, OR THE "PRESIDENT" IS "IMPEACHED", WHICH MEANS THERE IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO TAKE IT TO TRIAL.
THAT MEANS THE U.S. SENATE....
TO BE CONTINUED...
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