Impeachment is the power that the constitution gives Congress to remove a sitting US President. There are two steps to the process, a vote, and then a trial. The vote requires a majority vote in the US House of Representatives on the articles of impeachment.
In this case, the Democrats’ article of impeachment reads, “Trump has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to national security, democracy, and the Constitution is allowed to remain in office.” Should the vote on the article gain a majority, which it now has, the second step in the process is the impeachment trial.
Let’s be very clear.
President Trump has been impeached. Now what?
President Trump has been impeached. Now what?
and last updated 2021-01-13 23:19:08-05
SALT LAKE CITY â The nation watched as the U.S. House Wednesday jumped onto untrodden ground, taking the first step of its kind in the country s history: Voting to impeach the President of the United State of America, for a second time.
And it has many asking, what s next? First time. Uncharted constitutional territory, said Tim Chambless, Associate Professor Adjunct in the Department of Political Science at the University of Utah. We ve never had a president like this. We ve never had a president impeached twice by two different congresses.
Richard Reich
BERKELEY Call me old-fashioned, but when the president of the United States encourages armed insurgents to breach the Capitol and threaten the physical safety of Congress in order to remain in power, I call it an attempted coup.
Last week’s rampage left five dead, including a Capitol police officer who tangled with the pro-Trump mob. We’re fortunate the carnage wasn’t greater.
That the attempted coup failed shouldn’t blind us to its significance or the stain it has left on America. Nor to the importance of holding those responsible fully accountable.
Trump’s culpability is beyond dispute.