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Could Putin be impeached?
At least on paper, the Russian Federation is a constitutional democracy with the legal possibility of impeaching the President. There were three attempts to remove Yeltsin from office and Wikipedia ...
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Differences between impeachment and conviction of US president and New York State governor once they are out of office?
note: not asking specifically about Trump & Cuomo.
A recent US president was impeached twice in their first term by the US House and both times acquitted by the Senate. The second trial from ...
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What is the purpose of the House investigation of what happened at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6th 2021?
What is the overall purpose of the House investigation of the events that occurred at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, 2021?
Is this investigation being conducted to decide whether new Articles ...
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How did US Supreme court Justice John Roberts "let it be known" that he did not wish to preside over the 2nd presidential impeachment?
NPR.org's Sen. Patrick Leahy To Preside Over Trump's Senate Impeachment Trial says:
Chief Justice John Roberts presided over Trump's first impeachment trial, but now that Trump is a former president, ...
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Can Impeachment votes be filibustered?
If a few members of the House of Representatives who opposed impeachment were to attempt to filibuster the impeachment, could they or are there any internal house rules that would prevent this?
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Does the Senate need supermajority or just a regular majority to prevent a convicted President from running for office again? [duplicate]
The Constitution allows the Senate to punish an impeached President with prevention from holding an important office in the future, do they need 2/3rds of the Senate to do this or 2/3rds for a ...
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Can the House of Representatives vote to impeach an acting President after the elected president was removed via the 25th Amendment?
If the Vice President in the form of an obviously unjust attempt to remove a fully capable President via the 25th Amendment were to become acting President would they be eligible for impeachment as ...
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Can an impeachment be undone?
If a president is impeached, removed from office, and barred from running again, could a future congress or president reinstate his ability to run for office again?
I'm imagining a case in which both ...
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Can the US president be thrown out of office via a Constitutional convention?
Say a very corrupt president were able to use threats to make Congress do as they said and committed many impeachable offenses, but Congress wouldn’t get rid of them, could 3/4ths of the state ...
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If a president is impeached and removed from power, do they lose all benefits usually afforded to presidents when they leave office?
It is my understanding that there are a number of benefits bestowed to presidents when they leave office. These include a lucrative pension, $1 million travel budget per year, personal protection etc....
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Can the US Senate convict an impeachment after the impeached has left office? [duplicate]
It has been widely reported that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is planning to begin impeachment proceedings against President Trump following the rioting in the Capitol on Wednesday. However, it is ...
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Can a President be impeached after leaving office?
Suppose for the sake of the question that:
hypothetical U.S. President Liam Duke begins to be formally impeached on Jan 19, the day before the next President is sworn in.
President Duke is in fact ...
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Is taking medication enough to lose the presidency? [closed]
The following question is inspired by the events of Season 2 of House of Cards. While the original inspiration is a television show, the question is firmly about real-world politics. Apologies if ...
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Is it a concern to the US, that leading their leader in handcuffs out of the White House would look weak to other countries? [closed]
I am wondering how for example something like the "Nixonian Deal" (Nixon leaving office "voluntarily" in exchange for being pardoned later) could occur.
What kind of leverage does a President have in ...
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If a president is removed from office after being impeached, when does the vice president take office?
In the United States, if during an impeachment trial the Senate votes to convict the president, when does the vice president take office as the new president? Is is immediately after a vote is taken, ...
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