Impeachment, Vermont Constitution

Vermont Constitution
Chapter I
Chapter II
Powers
Legislative
Executive
Judiciary
Voter Qualifications
Elections
Oath
Impeachment
Militia
Provisions
Amending
Schedule

The Impeachment part of the Vermont Constitution contains two sections.

Section 57

	Text of Section 57: Impeachments, House May Order The House of Representatives shall have the power to order impeachments, which shall in all cases be by a vote of two-thirds of its members.

Section 58

Text of Section 58: Liability to; Senate to Try; Judgment Every officer of State, whether judicial or executive, shall be liable to be impeached by the House of Representatives, either when in office or after his resignation or removal for maladministration. The Senate shall have the sole power of trying and deciding upon all impeachments. When sitting for that purpose, they shall be on oath, or affirmation, and no person shall be convicted, without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present. Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from office and disqualification to hold or enjoy any office of honor, or profit, or trust, under this State. But the person convicted shall, nevertheless, be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment, and punishment, according to law.

See also

• State constitution
• Constitutional article
• Constitutional amendment
• Constitutional revision
• Constitutional convention
• Amendments
  • Initiated constitutional amendment
  • Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
  • Publication requirements for proposed state constitutional amendments
  • Rules about constitutional conventions in state constitutions
  • State constitutional articles governing state legislatures

External links

Suggest a link

• Vermont State Legislature, "Constitution of Vermont"
• Vermont Archives.org, "Vermont Republic Constitution, 1777"
• Vermont Archives.org, "1786 Constitution"
• Vermont Archives.org, "1793 Constitution"

Additional reading

• Hill, William C. (2011). The Vermont State Constitution, New York, New York: Oxford University Press
• Hill, William C. (1992). The Vermont State Constitution: A Reference Guide, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing
• Vermont.gov, "Old Constitution Books"
• Vermont SOS, "Publications"
• Digital Collections at Middlebury College, "Vermont Constitutions"