Impeachment

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1. Which institution has the sole constitutional power to try and decide impeachment cases?
2. What vote does Article XI require for conviction in an impeachment case?
3. Which is an expressly listed ground for impeachment under Article XI, section 2?
4. A complaint asserts that a Cabinet secretary can be removed only by impeachment because he holds high office. Is the cl…
5. After an impeachment conviction, the respondent argues that the Senate judgment automatically bars every later criminal…
6. In a constitutionally proper impeachment trial of the President, the Senate appoints its own presiding officer and prop…
7. Following a proper impeachment conviction, the Senate proposes to impose removal, disqualification, and a ten-year pris…
8. Explain the Senate's role in impeachment trial and the constitutional vote required for conviction. State the special p…
9. A Cabinet secretary argues that high rank makes impeachment the only lawful route to removal. Analyze that claim under …
10. Distinguish the permissible impeachment judgment from a criminal conviction. Apply the distinction to a Senate proposal…
11. Which chamber has the exclusive constitutional power to initiate impeachment cases?
12. Under Article XI Section 3(3), what fraction of all House members is required to affirm the favorable committee resolut…