An amendment to amend C.I.XII
PREAMBLE: Within the Senate, the official being impeached should have to give testimony towards the Senate. This amendment aims to add that to our constitution. This amendment also adds a sentence stating that a member of congress cannot vote on his/her impeachment.
BE IT HERE ENACTED BY THE FIRESTONE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLES THAT:
Section 1: The State of Firestone Constitution shall be amended.
Section 1A: Section XII, Article I currently states: “An impeachment
is the process where an official may be removed from office should he/she be impeached and
convicted of having committed a crime. It shall be the cabinet and sub-cabinet members of the
executive branch who may face impeachment and conviction should they be accused of
committing a crime. Elected officials of the legislative branch may also face impeachment and a
conviction should they commit a crime. As of judges may face impeachment and a conviction
should they commit a crime. The House of Representatives shall have the ability to propose an
impeachment on a Senator. The Senator shall be convicted within the Senate should he/she be
impeached in the House of Representatives. Representatives may not propose impeachments
upon other Representatives but may propose an expulsion. Impeachments must be sponsored
by a member of the House of Representatives, where all impeachments will initiate. The House
of Representatives is to deliberate over what crime(s) have been committed, and what they are
to charge the official under impeachment with. The House of Representatives must vote on a
final set of charges for crimes committed to place on the official under impeachment, by a
supermajority vote, in order to continue with the impeachment process; should they not come to
a supermajority agreement, the impeachment shall fail. Should the impeachment pass the
House of Representatives by a supermajority, the official in question shall be considered
impeached by the House of Representatives, though not yet convicted of the charges pressed,
so then the impeachment shall move forward to the Senate for trial. The Senate is to then
deliberate over whether or not the official under impeachment is truly guilty of the charges
pressed, and on whether or not to convict or acquit the official under impeachment. The Senate
cannot vote on each charge separately, and must vote on whether or not to convict the official
being impeached on the charges passed by the House of Representatives as a whole. The
Senate must vote on the conviction, by a supermajority vote, in order to convict the official under
impeachment and remove said official from his/her respective office; should they not come to a
supermajority agreement on the conviction, the official under impeachment shall be considered
acquitted, and the impeachment shall fail. Should the impeachment pass the Senate by a
supermajority, the impeachment process shall end, and the official that was under impeachment
shall be considered officially impeached by the House of Representatives and convicted by the
Senate of the crime he/she was accused of, and must be removed from his/her respective office
in a timely manner. Should the individual being impeached be a member of either chamber of
Congress, he/she shall not be permitted to vote on his/her impeachment in the House of
Representatives nor on his/her conviction in the Senate.”
Section 2: Section XII, Article I of the State of Firestone Constitution shall now state: “An impeachment
is the process where an official may be removed from office should he/she be impeached and
convicted of having committed a crime. It shall be the cabinet and sub-cabinet members of the
executive branch who may face impeachment and conviction should they be accused of
committing a crime. Elected officials of the legislative branch may also face impeachment and a
conviction should they commit a crime. As of judges may face impeachment and a conviction
should they commit a crime. The House of Representatives shall have the ability to propose an
impeachment on a Senator. The Senator shall be convicted within the Senate should he/she be
impeached in the House of Representatives. Representatives may not propose impeachments
upon other Representatives but may propose an expulsion. Impeachments must be sponsored
by a member of the House of Representatives, where all impeachments will initiate. The House
of Representatives is to deliberate over what crime(s) have been committed, and what they are
to charge the official under impeachment with. The House of Representatives must vote on a
final set of charges for crimes committed to place on the official under impeachment, by a
supermajority vote, in order to continue with the impeachment process; should they not come to
a supermajority agreement, the impeachment shall fail. Should the impeachment pass the
House of Representatives by a supermajority, the official in question shall be considered
impeached by the House of Representatives, though not yet convicted of the charges pressed,
so then the impeachment shall move forward to the Senate for trial. The Senate is to then
deliberate over whether or not the official under impeachment is truly guilty of the charges
pressed, and on whether or not to convict or acquit the official under impeachment. The Senate
cannot vote on each charge separately, and must vote on whether or not to convict the official
being impeached on the charges passed by the House of Representatives as a whole. Unless the official is being impeached for inactivity, the Senate must hear at least one testimony from the official being impeached. If the official in question does not give testimony after 5 days from the impeachment passing House by refusing, then the impeachment shall proceed without the testimony. The Senate must vote on the conviction, by a supermajority vote, in order to convict the official under impeachment and remove said official from his/her respective office; should they not come to a supermajority agreement on the conviction, the official under impeachment shall be considered acquitted, and the impeachment shall fail. Should the impeachment pass the Senate by a supermajority, the impeachment process shall end, and the official that was under impeachment shall be considered officially impeached by the House of Representatives and convicted by the Senate of the crime he/she was accused of, and must be removed from his/her respective office in a timely manner. Should the individual being impeached be a member of either chamber of Congress, he/she shall not be permitted to vote on his/her impeachment in the House of Representatives nor on his/her conviction in the Senate.”
Section 3: Upon passage from both chambers of Congress, the amendment shall take effect immediately.
Section 4: All legislation in conflict with this amendment are hereby declared null and void.
Respectfully submitted to the State of Firestone Congress,
Chief Sponsors:
Rep. NoobletNub
Senator Sir_Mr
Co-Sponsors:
Rep. policetonyR
Rep. JamesDitomosso
Rep. CanadlanLaw