How to Impeach a President | QT Politics | Donald Trump, The Constitution, and Historical Precedent

On Halloween Day, October 31, 2019, the US House of Representatives passed a resolution to formally launch an impeachment inquiry into President Donald J Trump, (House Resolution 660). While a number of House investigations into the president were already well underway, this measure formalized them as part of an official impeachment inquiry, and lays out a process leading up to a potential impeachment vote on the floor of the House.

In this video, I'll explain what H.Res.660 sets up procedurally for the Trump impeachment inquiry, break down what the constitution has to say about impeachment, and talk about what happens if the president is indeed impeached. While impeachment processes do have a degree of unpredictability, this should hopefully serve to give some sense of an answer to the question:

What happens next?

How to Impeach a President | QT Politics | Donald Trump, The Constitution, and Historical Precedent

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SOURCES:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/660/text
https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20160622/105095/HHRG-114-JU00-20160622-SD004.pdf
https://history.house.gov/Institution/Origins-Development/Impeachment/
https://www.heritage.org/constitution/#!/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_in_the_United_States#Constitutional_provisions
https://news.gallup.com/poll/116584/presidential-approval-ratings-bill-clinton.aspx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1868_United_States_presidential_election
https://rules.house.gov/sites/democrats.rules.house.gov/files/InquiryResolutionFactSheet.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1868_Democratic_National_Convention
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/31/politics/who-voted-for-against-impeachment-inquiry/index.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_investigations_of_United_States_federal_officials
https://time.com/5552679/impeached-presidents/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50246324
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/oct/31/trump-news-today-live-impeachment-inquiry-tim-morrison?page=with:block-5dbb1da38f08d669cdab094c#block-5dbb1da38f08d669cdab094c
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/read-full-text-house-resolution-trump-impeachment-process-n1073481

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