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The House of Representatives can impeach a cabinet official such as a secretary of defense by a simple majority vote in the House, and the Senate must then try the case and convict by a supermajority—...
A majority of scholarly analyses and historical practice conclude that Congress can pursue impeachment proceedings against a former president and the Senate can hold a trial, but the Constitution’s si...
A president can be subject to impeachment proceedings after leaving office, but the question of whether the Constitution permits conviction and disqualification of a former president remains disputed ...
Two distinct threads in American history answer whether the Senate can try cabinet officials who have already left office: the 1876 impeachment and trial of Secretary of War William Belknap, where the...
Yes: Congress has the constitutional power to impeach and to try an official even after that person has left office; historical practice and recent congressional actions show this is both legally cont...