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Impeachment Process Overview

The document discusses the three branches of the US government established by the Constitution: 1) The executive branch is headed by the President who is commander-in-chief of the armed forces, appoints officials, makes treaties, and delivers the State of the Union address. The President has a 4-year term limit and must be at least 35 years old. 2) The judicial branch contains the Supreme Court with 9 justices who serve for life and rule on cases regarding the constitutionality of laws. 3) Impeachment is the process where the House votes to impeach and the Senate holds a trial to potentially convict and remove the President from office, which has happened to presidents Johnson, Clinton and

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Impeachment Process Overview

The document discusses the three branches of the US government established by the Constitution: 1) The executive branch is headed by the President who is commander-in-chief of the armed forces, appoints officials, makes treaties, and delivers the State of the Union address. The President has a 4-year term limit and must be at least 35 years old. 2) The judicial branch contains the Supreme Court with 9 justices who serve for life and rule on cases regarding the constitutionality of laws. 3) Impeachment is the process where the House votes to impeach and the Senate holds a trial to potentially convict and remove the President from office, which has happened to presidents Johnson, Clinton and

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Name: _Ta’Mia Powell____________________________________
CORNELL NOTES
Class: _Government_____________ Topic: _Constitution ____________
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Questions / Main Ideas Notes / Details / Definitions / etc.
Article II: •Article II- Creates the Executive Branch.
•The executive branch has the president as its head.
•Its staff, military personal, and workers (bureaucracy) have over 4 million
people.
Executive Branch: -President is commander and chief of the armed forces.
-Appoints top officials (judges and departments)
-Make treaties
-Appoints ambassadors
-Make a state of the Union address
-Can pardon people
Presidency: -4 year term
-2 total terms or 10 years
-35 year old or older
-$400,00 per year + benefits
-Born is this country and lives here 14 years
Impeachment: -Reason-high crimes and misdemeanors
-Starts in the House (majority) and goes to the Senate (⅔)
-Vote to impeach
-Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump impeached in the House and not
convicted in the Senate
Article III- The Judicial •Contains the Supreme Court
Branch •9 members
•8 justices, 1 Chief Justice- John Roberts
•Serve for life
•May be impeached
•Currently 3 women
•Currently 1 African American
•Rule on cases that have constitutional issues.
Judicial Branch: -interpret the law
-determine acts of the legislative and executive branch constitutional
-rules on cases with constitutional issues
Themes I see in the the branches, all info on age, what they can do, how it works.
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