U S Constitution

politics

Impeachment is a constitutional process that allows a legislature to bring formal charges against a public official for misconduct, but it is not itself removal from office. It...

politics

Impeachment is a formal constitutional process that begins in the House of Representatives and can result in removal from office, while the Senate conducts a trial to decide whe...

government-law

The short answer is that a U.S. president may serve no more than two elected terms, for a total of up to eight years in normal circumstances. This rule is set by the 22nd Amendm...

government-structure

The Vice President of the United States is the second-highest executive officer and first in the presidential line of succession. The office is defined by Article I, Section 2 a...

Government & Policy

When a Supreme Court justice retires, the decision reshapes the Court for decades. This explainer describes what retirement means in practice, how the president and Senate selec...