Answer to Question #136358 in Political Science for Oumou Diallo

Question

What does Article I, Sec. 3 of the Constitution say about judgment in cases of impeachment? Can someone be criminally prosecuted after being impeached by the House, convicted by the Senate, and removed from office?

Answer 1

Article 1,Section 3 vests the power to impeach a president and the vice president on the senate. The senate upon receiving the articles of impeachment shall form a trial court with the chief justice acting as the presiding judge and senators as jurors. If convicted the former president may be held criminally liable for violations done as the president