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=== Impeachment === {{See also|Federal impeachment in the United States}} Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution states that the House "shall have the sole power of Impeachment," and Article I, Section 3 provides that the "Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments."<ref>United States Constitution, Article I, Section 2-3.</ref> Since the Constitution placed the sole power of impeachment in two political bodies, it is qualified as a political question. As a result, neither the decision of the House to impeach, nor of the Senate to remove a President or any other official, can be appealed to any court.<ref>[[Nixon v. United States]], 506 U.S. 224 (1993)</ref>
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