What does it take to impeach a president?
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You can't impeach me! The Christian Right is blindly following me. The Republicans do whatever I say. I'm catering to the Latino's, who are the fastest-growing voting demographic.\n\nYou'll never impeach me!
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Impeachment is not possible. Since essentially it is a partisan political process, one really cannot expect to see it when all three branches of government are Republican controlled, (whether you feel it the right thing to do or not.)
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Impeachment proceedings have been started against 3 presidents, Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton.  Johnson and Clinton were acquitted.  Nixon resigned to avoid trial.
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Republicans control both the House & Senate.\n\nThe House initiates the impeachment process and it is tried in the Senate.\n\nIt is a political process, it is not a legal process. And,  it is highly unlikely either party would impeach their own president (the head of their party).\n\nIt's possible, but so is being struck by lightning.
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Unfortunately, since both houses of the legislature are controlled by Republicans, the liklihood of President Bush being impeached is virtually nil.\n\nIn order for him to be impeached, the House of Representatives would need to file articles of impeachment, which are passed by a simple majority. In order for this to occur, some Republican representatives would have to cross the aisle and vote with the Democratic minority. In the remote chance that this would happen, the case would be forwarded to the Senate for trial.\n\nOnce in the Senate, two thirds of the present Senators would be required. Once again, since the Republicans control this part of the House, the liklihood of an actual impeachment occuring is remote at best.\n\nAnd on another note, punishment is determined by the Senate. They can choose to remove him from office, or do nothing should he be impeached. Again, the odds of anything happening are slim and none.\n\nWhile it's nice to dream, we're going to have to wait for President Bush to leave office in eary 2009, unless the political landscape shifts drastically between now and then.\n\nRead the Wiki below for more info.
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A petition wouldn't do crap.  It's up to congress/senate to impeach any president.
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Articles of Impeachment\n\nof\n\nPresident George W. Bush\n\nand\n\nVice President Richard B. Cheney,\nSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice,\nSecretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, and\nAttorney General Alberto Gonzales\n\nThe 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. - - ARTICLE II, SECTION 4 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA\n\nPresident George W. Bush, Vice President Richard B. Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales have committed violations and subversions of the Constitution of the United States of America in an attempt to carry out with impunity crimes against peace and humanity and war crimes and deprivations of the civil rights of the people of the United States and other nations, by assuming powers of an imperial executive unaccountable to law and usurping powers of the Congress, the Judiciary and those reserved to the people of the United States, by the following acts:\n\n1) Seizing power to wage wars of aggression in defiance of the U.S. Constitution, the U.N. Charter and the  rule of law; carrying out a massive assault on and occupation of Iraq, a country that was not threatening the United States, resulting in the death and maiming of over one hundred thousand Iraqis, and thousands of U.S. G.I.s.\n\n2) Lying to the people of the U.S., to Congress, and to the U.N., providing false and deceptive rationales for war.\n\n3) Authorizing, ordering and condoning direct attacks on civilians, civilian facilities and locations where civilian casualties were unavoidable. \n\n4) Instituting a secret and illegal wiretapping and spying operation against the people of the United States through the National Security Agency.\n\n5) Threatening the independence and sovereignty of Iraq by belligerently changing its government by force and assaulting Iraq in a war of aggression.\n\n6) Authorizing, ordering and condoning assassinations, summary executions, kidnappings, secret and other illegal detentions of individuals, torture and physical and psychological coercion of prisoners to obtain false statements concerning acts and intentions of governments and individuals and violating within the United States, and by authorizing U.S. forces and agents elsewhere, the rights of individuals under the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.\n\n7) Making, ordering and condoning false statements and propaganda about the conduct of foreign governments and individuals and acts by U.S. government personnel; manipulating the media and foreign governments with false information; concealing information vital to public discussion and informed judgment concerning acts, intentions and possession, or efforts to obtain weapons of mass destruction in order to falsely create a climate of fear and destroy opposition to U.S. wars of aggression and first strike attacks.\n\n8) Violations and subversions of the Charter of the United Nations and international law, both a part of the "Supreme Law of the land" under Article VI, paragraph 2, of the Constitution, in an attempt to commit with impunity crimes against peace and humanity and war crimes in wars and threats of aggression against Afghanistan, Iraq and others and usurping powers of the United Nations and the peoples of its nations by bribery, coercion and other corrupt acts and by rejecting treaties, committing treaty violations, and frustrating compliance with treaties in order to destroy any means by which international law and institutions can prevent, affect, or adjudicate the exercise of U.S. military and economic power against the international community.\n\n9) Acting to strip United Sta
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We can't. This administration is really makin it hard. Sorry there is no answer. It would be alot easier if we Impeached BUSH though!
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Technically, impeachment is not removal from office, but the process to consider doing so.\n\nAs the process was initiated, technically, Clinton was impeached... although removal did not suceed.\n\nShame on him for lying about a BJ! But apprarently it's okay to lie to create a war? Go figure.
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Impeached for what?\n\nOh, and the answer is slim to none.  He has to do something wrong first.
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It would be hard to impeach Bush because it would have to be approved by the House and the Senate. The majority of congressmen in office are on the Right. This is sort of the same reason why Clinton wasn't impeached. Bush has done an exponential amount of damage compared to Clinton and anyone who says that it was passed on from Clinton must not have seen the U.S. budget over the past 40 yrs.
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It would require a complete overthrow of the constitution, which would require that 2/3 of both the House and Senate agree to a rather detailed ammendment revising the relevant articles and 3/4 of the states ratify it.\n\nI think the current system is superior to the parliamentary system in that the President's position is more stable than most country's prime minister positions. Since he is the chief executive and commander in chief, it is much more essential that his position is secure until the next election.\n\nMoreover, our constitution already provides for a method of the legislature to remove the President. Because our president's policy is not based on how well the legislature approves of it, a situation which strengthens the separation of powers, a simply vote of no confidence makes no sense. Instead, the president only should be removed for violating the laws, which is already provided for in the impeachment process.
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Not impeached...Democrats shouldn't fall to the level of scum & try to impeach Bush like they tried to impeach Clinton.\n\nAlthough he probably deserves it (look at what Bush did & try compare it to Clinton!), I think he will only be censured.\n\nIf he's only censured, then he can stay in office & watch this great country of ours slowly crumble around him.  He will leave the office with a -27% approval rating.\n\nI just hope the next President can fix the cracks before it's too late.
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YES it is. Now, can we use the power of IMPEACHMENT on a president?
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The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, including, but not limited to, the Speaker of the House and federal judges.\n\nHowever, the impeachment process is not the jurisdiction of criminal law and not all crimes are impeachable offenses.
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No.  Besides, a petition won't get a president impeached.  It takes an act of the U.S. House of Representatives to impeach a president, then the U.S. Senate has to convict for the president to actually lose his job.\n\nWe'll see how successful your petition is!
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Only the US House of Representatives can impeach the President. The Republicans hold a majority in the House, so it's not very likely.