{"id":38615,"date":"2024-12-28T14:27:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T19:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckms.ca\/?p=38615"},"modified":"2024-12-28T14:27:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T19:27:46","slug":"is-impeachment-then-fail-to-find-guilty-result-in-aquittal-or-just-not-guilty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=38615","title":{"rendered":"is impeachment then fail to find guilty result in aquittal or just NOT guilty?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>was wondering.  some story i read said aquittal.  so i aksed gemini:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>hi! in the usa politcal system, if the president is impeached by the house and then the senate doesn&#8217;t find him guilty, is he &#8220;aquitted&#8221; of the charges, therefore no longer impeached, or is it more of he is just not guilty of what he was impeaached for. and since double jeopadry, can&#8217;t be tried again for same crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstatic.com\/lamda\/images\/gemini_sparkle_v002_advanced_1743d7b7a7bc01f38e6f4.svg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;re hitting on some key points about impeachment in the US political system! Here&#8217;s a breakdown:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Impeachment is like an indictment:<\/strong> The House of Representatives acts like a grand jury, deciding if there&#8217;s enough evidence to bring charges (articles of impeachment). If a simple majority votes to impeach, the president is <em>impeached<\/em>. This is analogous to being indicted but not yet found guilty in a criminal court.<\/li><li><strong>The Senate holds the trial:<\/strong> The Senate then holds a trial, with Senators acting as the jury. A two-thirds vote is required to convict.<\/li><li><strong>Acquittal means not guilty:<\/strong> If the Senate doesn&#8217;t reach the two-thirds threshold to convict, the president is acquitted. This means they are <em>not guilty<\/em> of the charges brought against them in the articles of impeachment.<\/li><li><strong>Impeachment remains on the record:<\/strong> Even if acquitted, the impeachment itself is still a historical fact. It&#8217;s not erased.<\/li><li><strong>Double jeopardy doesn&#8217;t fully apply:<\/strong> While double jeopardy prevents someone from being tried twice for the <em>same crime<\/em> in regular court, impeachment is a political process, not a criminal one. Theoretically, a president could be impeached again on different charges, even if related to the original ones.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Think of it this way:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Imagine a student accused of cheating. The principal (House) investigates and decides there&#8217;s enough evidence to formally accuse the student (impeachment). The school board (Senate) holds a hearing. If they don&#8217;t find the student guilty, the student is not punished. However, the accusation and hearing are still part of the student&#8217;s record, even if they were found not guilty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Important Note:<\/strong> Impeachment is a rare and serious event in US history. It&#8217;s designed to address misconduct at the highest levels of government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>was wondering. some story i read said aquittal. so i aksed gemini:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","wpcat-282-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38618,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38615\/revisions\/38618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}