what happens when a sitting president is impeached?
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Parliament votes on the proposal by secret ballot, and if two thirds of all representatives agree, the president is impeached. Once impeached, the president's powers are suspended, and the Constitutional Court decides whether or not the President should be removed from office.
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The process is started by a two-thirds majority vote of the Parliament to impeach the president, whereupon the Constitutional Court decides whether the President is guilty of the crime of which he is charged. If he is found guilty, he is removed from power. No Bulgarian President has ever been impeached.
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If a majority of the members of the House of Representatives vote to impeach, the impeachment is referred to the Senate for trial. ... In the criminal trial he may be punished with fines and/or incarceration. As of December 2019, there have been 66 federal judges or Supreme Court Justices investigated for impeachment.
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Since 2013, the process can be started by at least three-fifths of present senators, and must be approved by at least three-fifths of all members of Parliament. Also, the President can be impeached for high treason (newly defined in the Constitution) or any serious infringement of the Constitution.
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Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution allows for the removal of federal officials, including the vice president, from office for "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors". No vice president has ever been impeached.
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Impeachment may occur at the federal level or the state level. ... The impeached official remains in office until a trial is held. That trial, and removal from office if convicted, is separate from the act of impeachment itself.
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If the president dies, resigns or is removed from office, the vice president automatically becomes president. Likewise, were a president-elect to die during the transition period, or decline to serve, the vice president-elect would become president on Inauguration Day.
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If a federal official commits a crime or otherwise acts improperly, the House of Representatives may impeach—formally charge—that official. If the official subsequently is convicted in a Senate impeachment trial, he is removed from office.
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In the case of presidential impeachment trials, the chief justice of the United States presides. The Constitution requires a two-thirds vote of the Senate to convict, and the penalty for an impeached official upon conviction is removal from office.
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In the event of the death, resignation or removal of the president, the vice president ascends to the presidency, which he or she holds for the remainder of their predecessor's term. The vice president also serves as the president of the Senate and may cast a vote in the event of a tie.
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The impeached official remains in office until a trial is held. That trial, and removal from office if convicted, is separate from the act of impeachment itself.
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The Constitution of the United States gives Congress the authority to remove the president of the United States from office in two separate proceedings. ... Three United States presidents have been impeached: Andrew Johnson in 1868, Bill Clinton in 1998 and Donald Trump in 2019.
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Impeachment. ... The president may also be removed before the expiry of the term through impeachment for violating the Constitution of India by the Parliament of India. The process may start in either of the two houses of the parliament. The house initiates the process by levelling the charges against the president.
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What happens if the vice president dies while in office? The president nominates a new vice president who then must be confirmed by a majority vote in both chambers of Congress. An impeached president can be convicted and removed from office __________. How many presidents have been impeached in American history?
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It is the scheme by which a presidential vacancy is filled. If a president dies, resigns, or is removed from office by impeachment, the vice-president succeeds to the office. " In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become president."
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What occurs when the President is unable to perform the duties of the office? If a President dies, resigns, or is removed by impeachment, the Vice President succeeds to the presidency. If the President is temporarily incapacitated, the Vice President becomes Acting President until the President can resume office.
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If the President dies, resigns, or is removed from office, the Vice President becomes President for the rest of the term.