What steps are involved in impeaching a president?

• A. The House impeaches; the Senate conducts a trial and can convict and remove with a two-thirds vote; a Chief Justice may preside over presidential cases.
• B. The Supreme Court decides impeachment without Congress.
• C. Only the President can impeach themselves.
• D. Impeachment is decided by a national referendum.

Answer: (A)

Impeachment in the United States is a two-stage process laid out in the Constitution: first the House of Representatives brings charges by passing articles of impeachment, a simple majority is enough to impeach; then the matter goes to the Senate for a trial. In presidential cases, the Chief Justice presides over that Senate trial, and the Senate can convict and remove the president only with a two-thirds vote. This sequence is the correct description of how impeachment works. The Supreme Court does not decide impeachment, it is not something the president can do to themselves, and it isn’t decided by a national referendum.