The Role of the Senate in Judicial Impeachment Proceedings: Procedure, Practice, and Data

Navarro Smelcer, Susan

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Impeachments;    Removal of officials;    Judges;    Politics and government;    Congress;   

RP-ID  :  R41172
RP-ID  :  R41172_2010Apr09

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report examines the history, practice, and procedures of the Senate in fulfilling its constitutional obligation to try and to vote whether to convict and impose judgment upon judges impeached by the House of Representatives. It includes an overview of the process, and sections that discuss rules governing Senate impeachment proceedings, organizing the Senate for trial, the role of the Presiding Officer, the use of an impeachment trial committee, deliberation and judgment by the full senate, length of Senate impeachment trials, and concluding observations.