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Legislative power

Impeach

The House holds 'the sole Power of Impeachment': the authority to formally accuse the President, Vice President, judges, and other civil officers of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. Impeachment is the accusation, not the removal.

Article I, Section 2 & Article II, Section 4

Read the clause itself, verbatim and in plain language, in the in-app Constitution.

Held by

The House of Representatives, exclusively

U.S. RepresentativeSpeaker of the House

How it works in practice

An inquiry (usually in the Judiciary Committee) produces articles of impeachment; a simple House majority adopts them; House managers then prosecute the case at the Senate trial. What counts as a 'high crime or misdemeanor' is ultimately what the House and Senate say it is, a political judgment judiciaryThe branch of government made up of the courts and judges. The federal judiciary is the Supreme Court plus the courts Congress created beneath it.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) have refused to review (Nixon v. United States, 1993).

The answering checks
The SenateNothing happens without a trial and a supermajorityAny threshold above half: three-fifths for Senate cloture, two-thirds to override a veto or convict on impeachment, three-fourths of states to ratify an amendment.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) conviction there.
The votersMembers who impeach, or refuse to, answer at the next election.
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Source

U.S. House, Impeachment

Terms to know: impeachmentThe House's formal accusation against a President, judge, or other civil officer, by majority vote. Removal requires a separate Senate trial and a two-thirds conviction.Read the full definition (opens a new tab)

Plain-language civic education, not legal advice. The live boundaries of this power are set case by case; the sources above and the constitutional text control.