Nope? and why not.
He was elected by the citizens on a ballot - why can’t he be impeached on a ballot?
” He was elected by the citizens on a ballot - why can’t he be impeached on a ballot? “
Not exactly —
He was elected by the States, through ‘Electors’ in the Electoral College - which traditionally (but not always) reflect the consensus of the voters in their state...
Cumbersome, yes, but it kept us from President Al Gore.....
He was elected by the Electoral College, not by you or I. Impeachment is not a popularity contest. It is a process that is initiated as a result of illegal activity on the part of the offending party. If you want to get rid of Obama, vote in November and in 2012.
Why am I answering these questions on FR?
Election involvement of the general public is indirect. If you look at a ballot for a presidential election, you will see that you are actually voting for an elector whop has a political party affiliation. The candidates' names are provided (on the ballot) as a crutch for the voter.
Come late December, the electors send their votes to Congress; and come January, the votes of the electors are counted before a joint session of Congress. Members of Congress have the right and duty to challenge any votes that may be inform, for whatever reason. The Democrats challenged Ohio's electoral votes in the 2004 election. Other challenges can be raised that the candidate is not qualified.
The mechanism for removal is set forth in the constitution: impeachment by a simple majority of the House, and conviction by 2/3rds of the Senate. Congress being fundamentally a political organ, if a sufficient majority of the voting public demanded impeachment, impeachment would happen. Congressmen who believe they will be unseated for failure to follow the will of the people, will respond.
Because our form of Government is a "Constitutional Republic" not a Democracy.
Your first error is thinking that the citizens elected the President. They did not. Read up on the "Electoral College"...
Impeachment is for high crimes and misdemeanors, for which the case must be tried before the House and if impeached, then the penalty phase (removal) is enforced by the Senate.
That is a much better way of doing things than having a banana republic, at the whims of the people who can’t even be consistent with American Idol.
If he was elected by the citizens on a ballot, he can be removed by the citizens on a ballot - the next election. Let’s not turn us into a kangaroo court.
Because our founding father's feared democracy, there is no provision in the constitution for any sort of national referendum whatsoever. That's the simple answer is a nutshell.