Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoELI5 Impeachment, how does it work? Does it make someone step down voluntarily or how does it force one to do it?message-squaremessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down14
arrow-up13arrow-down1message-squareELI5 Impeachment, how does it work? Does it make someone step down voluntarily or how does it force one to do it?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square14linkfedilink
minus-squarePetteriPano@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 hours ago No US president has ever been impeached. Yes, they have Andrew Johnson Bill Clinton Donald J Trump (twice. so far) None reached super-majority, so no one was removed from office. Nixon resigned before the articles of impeachment were adopted.
minus-squareSkyrmir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·15 hours agoNone removed by the Senate, none impeached.
minus-squareNollij@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 hours agoYou keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Yes, they have
None reached super-majority, so no one was removed from office.
Nixon resigned before the articles of impeachment were adopted.
None removed by the Senate, none impeached.
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.