The president and other civil officers can be removed from office for treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors. The problem is that there are several different interpretations of those words. There are four main interpretations of those words. The first interpretation is that it is up to congress to decide what it means. Congressmen Gerald Ford said “What, then, is an impeachable offense? The only honest answer is that an impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history; conviction results from whatever offense or offenses two-thirds of the other body considers to be sufficiently serious to require removal of the accused from office…” (High Crimes and
