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Impeachment Q & A (A primer on Impeachment).

Contents: What is impeachment? -- What is the historical origin of impeachment? -- Who are the impeachable officers? -- May other public officers be removed from office by impeachment? -- What are the grounds for impeachment? -- What is the nature of the impeachment process? -- What rules govern impeachment proceedings? -- Who has the power to initiate an impeachment? -- Who may file a verified complaint for impeachment? -- Where must the verified complaint for impeachment by a citizen or a member of the House to be filed? -- Which committee of the House of Representatives is tasked with determining the sufficiency, in substance and in form, of the complaint for impeachment filed by a citizen or a member of the House? --- What is the role of the House of Representatives in the trial of impeachment? -- What is the role of the Senate in an impeachment proceeding? -- What is the study of the Senate upon the presentation of the articles of impeachment? -- May impeachment proceedings be initiated against the same official more than once within a period of one year? -- Who is the presiding officer in the trial of impeachment? -- Does the Chief Justice, as presiding officer in the trial of an impeachment, have the power to vote? -- What are the powers of the presiding officer? -- Does the presiding officer have the power to rule on questions relating to evidence presented during the trial of an impeachment? -- What is the effect of the trial of an impeachment on the legislative business of the Senate? -- May the senators put a question to the witnesses or any of the counsel? -- Is the trial of an impeachment required to be conducted in public? -- Is an article of impeachment divisible for the purpose of voting thereon at any time during the trial? -- How shall the Senate render its decision? -- Is a motion of reconsideration of the vote by which any article of impeachment is sustained or rejected allowed? -- What is the vote required to convict an impeachable officer? -- What is the quantum of evidence required in a trial of an impeachment? -- What are the consequences of a decision of conviction in an impeachment proceeding? -- Does resignation end the impeachment process? -- Can the Senate impose a penalty of censure? -- Can the Senate compel the officer impeached to appear in person and/or answer the charges? -- Can the officer impeached assert his right against self-incrimination? -- What is the effect of the 2001 elections on the trial of an impeachment? -- In the case President is convicted, who succeeds to the Office of the President? -- Is the remedy of appeal available against the judgement of the Senate?.

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