The Constitution of Wyoming has a provision for the impeachment of state officials. , it no official has been impeached under it.
Impeachment law Background and history The earliest history of government in Wyoming occurred at a time when impeachment was a prominent subject, with the Territory of Wyoming being established around the time of the impeachment and impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson (under the nation's federal impeachment process).
Summary of laws and procedures
Constitutional provisions Article III The Constitution of Wyoming's primary provisions on impeachment and removal are contained in Article III. Sections 17 and 18 of this article (which each with removal by impeachment) have been unchanged since the constitution's ratification in 1889. The language of section 19 (dealing with removal of officials not subject to impeachment) was ratified in 1986.
Article II section 17 pertains impeachment power and impeachment proceedings,
Article II section 18 outlines which officials may be subject impeached,
Article II section 19 outlines the removal of officials not subject to impeachment,
Article VI, Section 16 Article VI, Section 16 permits the legislature to pass laws that would enable the suspension of an impeached officer's function if they are pending a verdict either in an impeachment or criminal prosecution. The section's language is original to the 1889 ratification of the state constitution.
Other provisions Several other state constitutional provisions mention impeachment.
Article V section 1 (outlining how judicial power is vested) lists the Senate as holding state judicial when sitting as a "court of impeachment" during an impeachment trial. The current language (adopted in 1967) reads,
Article IV section 5 (outlining the pardon power of governors) indicates that the only verdicts of conviction for which the governor holds no power to offer pardons are impeachment verdicts and treason convictions.
Additional laws and rules Statutes on suspension of impeached officials pending trial State statute 9-1-214 makes automatic that when a governor is impeached, they are suspended from their officials functions pending the outcome of their impeachment trial,
State statute 9-1-203 allows the governor to suspend from official functions any other state or judicial officer that has been impeached by the House pending the outcome of the official's impeachment trial. It also allows the governor to designate and appoint a qualified individual to fill the office and discharge its duties in the interim,
See also Impeachment by state and territorial governments of the United States Impeachment in the United States
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