How to Help Impeach a President as a Citizen

The Constitution of the United States provides recourse for citizens when the President is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors. Only the House of Representatives can impeach a President, after which it is up to the Senate to decide whether to convict a President and expel him from office. There are things you can do to help impeach a President as a citizen.

Difficulty:

Challenging

Instructions

1. Identify the high crimes and misdemeanors committed by the President. You need to be able to enumerate these crimes in order to convince others that impeachment is reasonable.

2. Contact your United States Representative and inform him that you believe the president is guilty of those crimes. Tell him that you believe the Constitution requires him to investigate the issue and determine whether the President should be impeached. You can find out who your Representative on the United States House of Representatives website.

3. Encourage others to contact their U.S. Representatives. You can do this through any number of means, including face-to-face conversations, phone calls, e-mails or even marketing campaigns such as radio ads or websites.

4. Start a petition drive in your U.S. House District to encourage your U.S. Representative to vote for impeachment.

5. Repeat steps 2 through 4 with your Senators, should the House of Representatives vote for impeachment. You can locate your senators at the United States Senate website.

Tips & Warnings

• Trying to help impeach a President as a citizen is an uphill battle. Impeachment is extremely rare. The House has only ever voted on the impeachment of 4 Presidents. Only 2 presidents were impeached, and the Senate convicted neither.

Resources

• United States House of Representatives website
• United States Senate website