{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-const.-art.-xi-7","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Const. art. XI, § 7","heading":"Impeachment of civil officers.","body":"Sec. 7.\n\nThe house of representatives shall have the sole power of impeaching civil officers for corrupt conduct in office or for crimes or misdemeanors, but a majority of the members elected thereto and serving therein shall be necessary to direct an impeachment.\n\nWhen an impeachment is directed, the house of representatives shall elect three of its members to prosecute the impeachment.\n\nEvery impeachment shall be tried by the senate immediately after the final adjournment of the legislature. The senators shall take an oath or affirmation truly and impartially to try and determine the impeachment according to the evidence. When the governor or lieutenant governor is tried, the chief justice of the supreme court shall preside.\n\nNo person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the senators elected and serving. Judgment in case of conviction shall not extend further than removal from office, but the person convicted shall be liable to punishment according to law.\n\nNo judicial officer shall exercise any of the functions of his office after an impeachment is directed until he is acquitted.","path":["Michigan Constitution","Article XI"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-Article%20XI%20%C2%A7%207","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"319e4a52cba83b5b2f46df1811785d9865254bd829019e986178fe107729b0dd","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-const.-art.-xi-6","next":"us-mi/mich.-const.-art.-xi-8","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}