the united states senate tries the president if he is impeached.
the united states senate tries the president if he is impeached.
who tries the president if he is impeached?
the united states senate
in 1787 he was elected to the north carolina general assembly and shortly thereafter was elected judge of the superior court of north carolina, washington district, a post he served in until 1790, when he was appointed to be a territorial state judge in the southwest territory by governor william blount. from 1797 until 1809 he served as a justice of the superior court of tennessee, where he was twice impeached. his first impeachment came in 1798 during a dispute with blount (who had himself just been impeached from the united states senate), involving the treaty of holston; campbell escaped conviction by one vote. campbell was impeached again in 1803, having been charged with bribery, but was once again acquitted.
david campbell (judge, born 1750)
bullet::::- supreme executive organs can also be impeached before the constitutional court for misconduct in office. impeachment is limited to allegations of culpable violations of actual law; mere political malpractice is not enough. as a special case, the president can only be impeached for culpable violations of law. cabinet members are impeached by the national council. most other officials are impeached by the cabinet. members of provincial administrations are impeached by the national council, the cabinet, or a provincial legislature, depending on the nature of the alleged transgression. the president is impeached by the federal assembly. the president of the court of auditors is impeached by the national council or by one of the provincial parliaments, depending on who or what was being audited when the alleged transgression occurred.
supreme executive organ (austria)