Articles of impeachment

Articles of impeachment

The articles of impeachment are the set of charges drafted against a public official to initiate the impeachment process. The articles of impeachment do not result in the removal of the official, but instead require the enacting body to take further action, such as bringing the articles to a vote before the full body.

In the United States, the articles of impeachment are drafted by the House of Representatives for cases involving federal officials. Once drafted, a supermajority of the United States Senate is required to convict based on the articles. ----

External links

* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/articles122098.htm Clinton Articles of Impeachment]
* [http://watergate.info/impeachment/impeachment-articles.shtml Nixon Articles of Impeachment]
* [http://kucinich.house.gov/UploadedFiles/int3.pdf Dick Cheney Articles of Impeachment] [cite web |url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.RES.333: |title=House Resolution 333: Impeaching Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. |accessdate=2007-04-25 |last=Kucinich |first=Dennis J. |authorlink=Dennis Kucinich |date=2007-04-24 |work=110th Congress, 1st Session, H. RES. 333 |publisher=The Library of Congress] [cite web |url=http://kucinich.house.gov/SpotlightIssues/documents.htm |title=Supporting Documents for H Res 333 |accessdate=2007-04-25 |last=Kucinich |first=Dennis J. |authorlink=Dennis Kucinich |date=2007-04-24] [cite news |first=Thomas |last=Ferraro |coauthors=Cowan, Richard |title=Democratic lawmaker seeks to impeach Cheney |url=http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=USSIB48589920070424 |publisher=Reuters |date=2007-04-24 |accessdate=2007-04-25] [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.res.00333:|Bill Summary and Status] [cite web |url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-05-02-clay-cheney-impeachment_N.htm |title=Clay co-sponsors resolution to impeach Cheney |accessdate=2007-05-06 |date=2007-05-03 |publisher=USAToday] [cite web |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0705021185may03,1,7098537.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed |title=Schakowsky joins Kucinich effort to impeach Cheney |accessdate=2007-05-06 |date=2007-05-03 |publisher=USAToday] [cite news | url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.wynn12may12,0,6810223.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines | title= Wynn supports effort to impeach Cheney | author=Matthew Hay Brown | publisher=Baltimore Sun | date=2007-05-12 | accessdate=2007-05-23 ]
* [http://chun.afterdowningstreet.org/amomentoftruth.pdf George W. Bush Articles of Impeachment]

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