If Trump were to be impeached and removed from office, could he still run in 2020?

[Chemisse]

Is there any provision saying he couldn't just run again in 2020? Is removal from office just for the term for which one was elected, or a permanent removal?

It's a highly unlikely scenario, and hopefully he would be looking at numerous indictments once out of office, but it just struck me that he might do such a thing if it could be done.

[Yonnie3]

1. There is no provision as part of an impeachment, but ...

the Senate can vote to bar him from any office after he is impeached. It is a separate vote.

[bullimiami]

4. I thought I read that the Senate could vote to keep him from running again

totally separate from the removal vote and with only a majority to approve.

ie they could not remove him but still keep him from running again for public office.

fat chance with Moscow Mitch running the show.

[Yonnie3]

7. I've read that too, here on DU.

There were many replies that said that was an incorrect interpretation of the Constitution. I read that part of the constitution again and my (untrained in the law) opinion is that it must follow impeachment.

If such a vote without impeachment were taken, and succeeded, I am certain that it would go to the Supreme Court.

[hlthe2b]

2. If the Senate fails to pass a second motion to ban his holding Federal elected office thereafter,

yes. It is a two-step process. One, vote to convict on one or more articles of impeachment (and he's out). But, if he is to be precluded from running again, the Senate must move and pass a measure to ban him from doing so.

[lastlib]

3. My understanding is that that only requires a majority vote....

...not the two-thirds needed for conviction. Pls correct me if I'm wrong.

[hlthe2b]

5. Yes, that is the standard that held in the three instances (all Judicial impeachments) where that

occurred. Because the constitution does not outline that process, it appears to be based on Senate rules which presumably could change.

[Chemisse]

6. Thank-you. That is reassuring.

Particularly because a body (the Senate) that removes him from office with a 2/3 majority (however unlikely that seems) would be very likely to ban him from future office by a simple majority.