Reply #3: Impeachment Basics [View All]

[Dr Ron]

Impeachment is comparable to an indictment and is done by the House. Following impeachment, a President would have to be convicted by the Senate in order to be removed from office.

If impeached and then convicted by the Senate, the VP is next in line, followed by Speaker of the House.

Ideally the Democrats would take control of Congress in 2006, and following a double impeachment and convictions, Speaker of the House Pelosi would become President. (That assumes that both President and VP are removed before a replacement VP is picked as Ford was picked to be VP after Agnew was forced to resign from office but before Nixon was forced to resign.)