上周三的川普支持者攻佔國會事件過後，川普將面臨第二次彈劾。本周三美國眾議院就彈劾美國總統舉行辯論，眾議院已經通過，那川普將解鎖一項成就：美國歷史上首位被彈劾兩次的總統，而且第二次彈劾發生在即將卸任前。美國歷史上僅有兩位總統被彈劾，分別是Andrew Johnson和 Bill Clinton，這兩次彈劾未能罷免總統。Richard Nixon在眾議院彈劾前就辭職了。今天我們來看看美國總統彈劾到底是什麼樣的流程？
彈劾是什麼？
Animpeachmentproceeding is the formal process by which a sitting president of the United States is accused of wrongdoing. It is a political process and not a criminal process.
彈劾程序是美國現任總統被指控犯有不法行為的正式程序。這是一個政治程序，而不是刑事程序。
彈劾條款是什麼？
The articles of impeachment are thelist of chargesdrafted against the president. The vice president and all civil Officers of the U.S. can also face impeachment.
彈劾條款是針對總統起草的指控清單。美國副總統和所有文職官員也可能面臨彈劾。
這次川普被彈劾的條款是：incitement of insurrection（煽動叛亂）
彈劾的理由有哪些？
When it comes to impeachment, the Constitution lists "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors," as justification for the proceedings, but the vagueness of the third option has caused problems in the past.
彈劾程序中，憲法將「叛國罪、受賄罪或其他重罪和輕罪」列為訴訟的理由，但第三個選項的模糊性在過去造成了問題。
彈劾流程是怎樣的？
The process begins in the House of Representatives, where any member may make a suggestion to launch an impeachment proceeding. It is then up to thespeaker of the House, as leader of the majority party, to determine whether or not to proceed with an inquiry into the alleged wrongdoing.
It would require asimple majorityvote, which is 50% plus one (218), after which the president is impeached.
The Senate is tasked with handling theimpeachment trial, which is presided over by the chief justice of the United States. Toremovea president from office, two-thirds of the members must vote in favor – at present 67.
If the Senatefails to convict, a president is consideredimpeached but is not removed.
While the Senate trial has the power toousta president from office, and ban him or her from running for future office, it does not have the power to send a president to jail.
這一程序從眾議院開始，任何議員都可以提出啟動彈劾程序的建議。然後由眾議院議長作為多數黨的領袖來決定是否對所指控的不法行為進行調查。這將需要一個簡單的多數票，即50%加1（218），然後總統被彈劾。
參議院的任務是處理彈劾案，由美國首席大法官主持。要罷免總統，三分之二的成員必須投贊成票，目前是67票。如果參議院未能定罪，總統將被視為彈劾，但不會被罷免。雖然參議院審判有權罷免總統，並禁止他或她未來競選，但沒有權力將總統送進監獄。
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