Bb5a31f81ClaimThe United States Constitution grants the Senate the sole power to try all impeachmentsAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe framers of the United States Constitution adapted the phrase high crimes and misdemeanors from British parliamentary practiceAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimEach chamber of the United States Congress possesses the constitutional authority to expel its own membersAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimUnder the United States Constitution, the Senate cannot initiate its own impeachment process without charges brought by the House of RepresentativesAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimRepresentative Gerald Ford asserted that an impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in historyAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe President of the United States possesses constitutional authority to remove lower-level executive branch officersAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimImpeachment is the sole mechanism provided in the United States Constitution enabling Congress to remove officers of the executive and judicial branchesAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe United States Constitution grants the House of Representatives the sole power of impeachmentAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe impeachment power provides the United States Congress with an investigatory mechanism to expose misconduct across the executive and judicial branchesAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe United States Constitution states that civil officers, including the President and Vice President, may be impeached for treason, bribery, or high crimes and misdemeanorsAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimConviction in an impeachment trial requires a two-thirds supermajority vote in the United States SenateAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe impeachment power grants the elected legislative branch ultimate supervisory authority to discipline and remove officers of the other two independent branches of governmentAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe framers of the United States Constitution excluded purely criminal punishments from the scope of American impeachment proceedingsAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimBeyond removing an official from office, impeachment serves to establish constitutional norms and standards of conduct for future officeholdersAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimPartisan polarization complicates the separation of powers and alters the incentives of members of Congress to pursue impeachmentAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimMembers of the House of Representatives may choose not to pursue impeachment if they anticipate the Senate will not vote to convictAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimDisagreement over routine policy decisions has historically been insufficient to justify impeachment under the United States ConstitutionAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimFederal lower-court judges represent the class of officials most frequently impeached and convicted throughout United States historyAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimPenalties for impeachment conviction under the United States Constitution are limited to removal from office and disqualification from holding future public officeAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimImpeachment under the United States Constitution is not restricted solely to criminal violations of statutory lawAgreeDisagree