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I remember growing up that when someone uses the word impeaching a president it solely meant to remove a sitting president from office.

But looking at wikipedia it now has a wider meaning to include taking a public official (whether sitting or retired) to court.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment

Has the meaning change?

I remember growing up that when someone uses the word impeaching a president it solely meant to remove a sitting president from office. But looking at wikipedia it now has a wider meaning to include taking a public official (whether sitting or retired) to court. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment Has the meaning change?

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You’re a fucktard. Impeachment concludes when the House votes to either impeach or not. If they opt not to, it’s the same as a grand jury deciding not to move forward with a trial.

There’s a fucking list of various office holders, including judges, who have been impeached over the last 200 plus years. Only a handful were removed from office after CONVICTION in the Senate, and none of them were Presidents.

The process can be enacted after leaving office as a method to prevent the former office holder from being denied opportunity to hold any other. This is why Ford pardoned Nixon after he resigned, to prevent Nixon from being impeached.