An Amendment to C.I.XII
BE IT ENHANCED THE STATE OF FIRESTONE CONGRESS THAT:
SECTION 1: The Firestone Constitution shall be amended
SECTION 2: Article I, Section XII of the Firestone Constitution 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. Should the Senator be impeached by the House of Representatives, the Senate shall decide whether or not to convict the Senator. 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. Should any persons be under the process of Impeachment or expulsion resign during the process they shall be subjected to an automatic temporary bar [restriction] of obtaining prominent public offices for four (4) weeks.”
SECTION 3: Article I, Section XII of the 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. Should the Senator be impeached by the House of Representatives, the Senate shall decide whether or not to convict the Senator. 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. In the event the Governor and/or Lieutenant Governor of the State of Firestone is impeached by the House of Representatives, the Chief Court Justice of the Firestone Supreme Court shall preside over the impeachment trial. All other impeachment trials shall be presided by the President of the Senate or the President Pro-Tempore. 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. Should any persons be under the process of Impeachment or expulsion resign during the process they shall be subjected to an automatic temporary bar [restriction] of obtaining prominent public offices for four (4) weeks.”
SECTION 4: This Amendment shall go into effect upon passage of both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Respectfully submitted to the State of Firestone Congress,
Chief-Sponsor:
Senator, Clonemep
Co-Sponsor(s):
Speaker of the House, Joshernaut
Speaker Pro-Tempore, NotoriousAmerican
Senator, Stamose
Senator, JohnDRyans
Representative, Jonathan_McKay
Representative, SidMK06