Skylar
Diamond Member
- Jul 5, 2014
- 52,660
- 15,666
- 2,180
Yes there is a requirement for a vote of the whole house. I even provided the House source.None of this has been doneLOL... It is implied...Then you admit that there is no where in the constitution that a full house vote is required for an impeachment inquiry.
Thank you.
Says you, citing you.
No where in the constitution itself does it say that an impeachment inquiry requires a full vote of the House.
And the house isn't bound to what YOU insist the constitution is supposed to mean, and any extra-constittional requirement that you make up. Constitutionally, you're nobody, Billy.
Get used to the idea
The House's Role
The House brings impeachment charges against federal officials as part of its oversight and investigatory responsibilities. Individual Members of the House can introduce impeachment resolutions like ordinary bills, or the House could initiate proceedings by passing a resolution authorizing an inquiry. The Committee on the Judiciary ordinarily has jurisdiction over impeachments, but special committees investigated charges before the Judiciary Committee was created in 1813. The committee then chooses whether to pursue articles of impeachment against the accused official and report them to the full House. If the articles are adopted (by simple majority vote), the House appoints Members by resolution to manage the ensuing Senate trial on its behalf. These managers act as prosecutors in the Senate and are usually members of the Judiciary Committee. The number of managers has varied across impeachment trials but has traditionally been an odd number. The partisan composition of managers has also varied depending on the nature of the impeachment, but the managers, by definition, always support the House’s impeachment action.
Impeachment | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives
The house is bound by its constitutional requirements. And there is no constitutional requirement to vote on an impeachment inquiry.
Not in the constitution there isn't. If you believe othewise, show us anywhere in the constitution that a full vote of the House is required for an impeachment inquiry.
Constitution of the United States - We the People
Go ahead. I'll wait.