The Supreme Court of the United States has traditionally recognized congressional investigatory powers as subordinate to the legislative lawmaking process

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In 1805, the House of Representatives impeached Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase after Chase actively campaigned for Federalist political candidates

The United States Constitution grants the Senate the sole power to try all impeachments

The framers of the United States Constitution adapted the phrase high crimes and misdemeanors from British parliamentary practice

Each chamber of the United States Congress possesses the constitutional authority to expel its own members

Under the United States Constitution, the Senate cannot initiate its own impeachment process without charges brought by the House of Representatives

The President of the United States possesses constitutional authority to remove lower-level executive branch officers

House Democrats preparing to take control in January planned investigations into Nvidia spanning national security, technology, and China

Impeachment is the sole mechanism provided in the United States Constitution enabling Congress to remove officers of the executive and judicial branches

The United States Constitution grants the House of Representatives the sole power of impeachment

The impeachment power provides the United States Congress with an investigatory mechanism to expose misconduct across the executive and judicial branches

The United States Constitution states that civil officers, including the President and Vice President, may be impeached for treason, bribery, or high crimes and misdemeanors

Conviction in an impeachment trial requires a two-thirds supermajority vote in the United States Senate

The impeachment power grants the elected legislative branch ultimate supervisory authority to discipline and remove officers of the other two independent branches of government

The framers of the United States Constitution excluded purely criminal punishments from the scope of American impeachment proceedings

Beyond removing an official from office, impeachment serves to establish constitutional norms and standards of conduct for future officeholders

Disagreement over routine policy decisions has historically been insufficient to justify impeachment under the United States Constitution

Penalties for impeachment conviction under the United States Constitution are limited to removal from office and disqualification from holding future public office

Impeachment under the United States Constitution is not restricted solely to criminal violations of statutory law

The decision to pursue impeachment requires determining whether an impeachable offense occurred and exercising discretion regarding whether impeachment is the appropriate remedy

The United States political system frequently relies on judicial review rather than impeachment to remedy unconstitutional executive branch actions