house of representatives was the sole power to try the impeachment of the president of the united states.
house of representatives was the sole power to try the impeachment of the president of the united states.
who was the sole power to try the impeachment of the president of the united states?
house of representatives
similar to the british system, article one of the united states constitution gives the house of representatives the sole power of impeachment and the senate the sole power to try impeachments of officers of the u.s. federal government. (various state constitutions include similar measures, allowing the state legislature to impeach the governor or other officials of the state government.) in contrast to the british system, in the united states impeachment is only the first of two stages, and conviction during the second stage requires "the concurrence of two thirds of the members present". impeachment does not necessarily result in removal from office; it is only a legal statement of charges, parallel to an indictment in criminal law. an official who is impeached faces a second legislative vote (whether by the same body or another), which determines conviction, or failure to convict, on the charges embodied by the impeachment. most constitutions require a supermajority to convict. although the subject of the charge is criminal action, it does not constitute a criminal trial; the only question under consideration is the removal of the individual from office, and the possibilities of a subsequent vote preventing the removed official from ever again holding political office in the jurisdiction where he or she was removed.
impeachment
for the fifth time, sole power was sent to dubai in early spring. he started favourite for the meydan sprint but was unable to recover after failing to obtain a clear run in the straight and finished twelfth behind sir maximilian. on 28 march sole power made his fifth bid to win the al quoz sprint for which his opponents included amber sky, peniaphobia and sir maximilian, as well as bundle of joy from hong kong, green mask from the united states, hototo from bahrain, caspar netscher (mill reef stakes, german 2,000 guineas, nearctic stakes) and stepper point (flying five) from england and farmah (premio carlo e francesco aloisi) from france. sole power started slowly but produced a strong late run to take the lead inside the final furlong and won by half a length from peniaphobia, with green mask taking third ahead of amber sky. hughes called the winner "a wonderful little horse. i thought he ran too lacklustre (on his last start at meydan), but eddie lynam’s done something and it’s worked a treat" whilst sabena power said "i’m so thrilled. he surprises us all the time – he’s fantastic". on his return to europe, the gelding finished sixth in the greenlands stakes at the curragh on 23 may.
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