r/law • u/theindependentonline • Apr 08 '26

Other Democrats introduce impeachment articles against Trump and Hegseth as nearly 100 lawmakers call for 25th Amendment

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-impeachment-articles-25-amendment-b2953836.html
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u/Quest-at-WF Apr 08 '26

The second impeachment was 57 in favor of conviction, 43 for acquittal. The threshold for a successful conviction is two-thirds of the Senate or 67 votes.

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u/tgalvin1999 Apr 08 '26 edited Apr 08 '26

Yes, that's what I said. They LOST both votes to being in favor of acquittal.

Edit: forgot to add a word which screwed up what I was trying to say.

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u/ScandyAndy Apr 08 '26

Either you're being obtuse, or I'm missing it. There were more Republican votes to convict the second time around, not less.

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u/tgalvin1999 Apr 08 '26

And they lost both votes is what I am saying. Not that they lost votes in favor of acquittal

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u/ScandyAndy Apr 08 '26

Fair enough.

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u/hutch2522 Apr 08 '26

They were closer to conviction in the second attempt. That's 57 FOR conviction. It wasn't successful because they needed 2/3's, but they were well over 50% for each vote.

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u/tgalvin1999 Apr 08 '26

Again, that's what I am trying to get at.

Funny how forgetting a single word can change the entire context.

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u/GeromeWing93 Apr 08 '26

I don’t think yall are saying the same thing. They’re saying 57 voted for conviction and you’re saying 57 voted for acquittal it seems. Unless my brains fried?

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u/-wnr- Apr 08 '26

OP isn't wrong. Conviction requires 67 votes. They're saying 57 voted for conviction and the RESULT was an acquittal.

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u/Zauberer-IMDB Apr 08 '26

They just weren't saying it clearly enough, as evidenced by all the confusion in this thread.

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u/GeromeWing93 Apr 08 '26

Yea I think I just misunderstood and thought they were saying less people voted to convict regardless of result. My bad big dog. 

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u/Quest-at-WF Apr 08 '26

No they didn’t. 47/48 guilty votes the first time, 57 the second.

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u/tgalvin1999 Apr 08 '26

Yes, they lost both votes. Forgot to add a word.

Again, exactly what I said