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<blockquote data-quote="Speedwell" data-source="post: 73694277" data-attributes="member: 387171"><p>Only two Presidents have been impeached; Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton. Both were acquitted by the Senate, and so not removed from office.</p><p></p><p>Lying about it afterwards, in the case of Bill Clinton. Johnson was impeached for attempting to fire the Secretary of War Edwin Stanton in defiance of the Tenure of Office Act.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Removal of a President by the impeachment process is not the same as removal by the 25th Amendment. The first is for "high crimes and misdemeanors." It requires impeachment (indictment) by the House of Representatives and a two-thirds vote in the Senate to convict and remove from office. The 25th amendment covers those more general (and non-criminal) situations in which the President is "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office." Removal of the President under the provisions of the 25th Amendment requires concurrence of the Vice President and two thirds of the Cabinet and a two thirds vote of both Houses of Congress.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Speedwell, post: 73694277, member: 387171"] Only two Presidents have been impeached; Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton. Both were acquitted by the Senate, and so not removed from office. Lying about it afterwards, in the case of Bill Clinton. Johnson was impeached for attempting to fire the Secretary of War Edwin Stanton in defiance of the Tenure of Office Act. Removal of a President by the impeachment process is not the same as removal by the 25th Amendment. The first is for "high crimes and misdemeanors." It requires impeachment (indictment) by the House of Representatives and a two-thirds vote in the Senate to convict and remove from office. The 25th amendment covers those more general (and non-criminal) situations in which the President is "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office." Removal of the President under the provisions of the 25th Amendment requires concurrence of the Vice President and two thirds of the Cabinet and a two thirds vote of both Houses of Congress. [/QUOTE]
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