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If the democrats go ahead with impeachment will Bush finish out his term in office with limited power?

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Or does d**k Cheney replace him for the remaining months?

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  1. If Bush gets removed from office then that means Cheney will become President. I think most Democrats would view that as being like a bad case of going from the frying pan to the fire.


  2. education-education-education. back to the books for you.

  3. Impeachment does not remove you from office.  

    Impeachment is the first of two stages in a specific process for a legislative body to forcibly remove a government official. The second stage is conviction.

    Impeachment is so rare that the term can be misunderstood. A typical misconception is to confuse it with involuntary removal from office; in fact, it is only a legal statement of charges, paralleling an indictment in criminal law. An official who is impeached faces a second legislative vote (whether by the same body or another), which determines conviction, or failure to convict, on the charges embodied by the impeachment. Most constitutions require a supermajority to convict. The word "impeachment" derives from Latin roots expressing the idea of becoming caught or entrapped, and has analogues in the modern French verb empêcher (to prevent) and the modern English impede. Medieval popular etymology also associated it (wrongly) with derivations from the Latin impetere (to attack). (In its more frequent and more technical usage, impeachment of a person in the role of a witness is the act challenging the honesty or credibility of that person.)

    The process should not be confused with a recall election. A recall election is usually initiated by voters and can be based on "political charges", for example mismanagement, whereas impeachment is initiated by a constitutional body (usually a legislative body) and is usually based, but not always, on indictable offenses. The process of removing the official is also different.

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