Try impeachments
The Senate holds 'the sole Power to try all Impeachments': it sits as the court for every officer the House impeaches. Conviction requires two-thirds of senators present and carries removal from office, nothing less, nothing more without a further vote.
Read the clause itself, verbatim and in plain language, in the in-app Constitution.
The Senate, exclusively
How it works in practice
Senators take a special oath and hear the House managers and the defense. The Chief JusticeThe head of the Supreme Court and of the federal judiciary. One vote of nine on cases, but control of the conference and of who writes the majority opinion.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) presides only when a President is tried (otherwise the VP or president pro temporeThe Senate's presiding officer when the Vice President is absent, which is nearly always. By custom the longest-serving senator of the majority party, and third in the line of succession.Read the full definition (opens a new tab)). Conviction removes the officer automatically; a separate majority vote can add disqualification from future federal office. Only eight officers, all judges, have ever been convicted and removed.
U.S. Senate, About 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)