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§ 27. Impeachment. The house of representatives shall have the sole power to impeach. All impeachments shall be tried by the senate; and when sitting for that purpose, the senators shall take an oath to do justice according to the law and the evidence. No person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the senators then elected (or appointed) and qualified.

History: Adopted by convention, July 29, 1859; ratified by electors, October 4, 1859; L. 1861, p. 54; L. 1974, ch. 458, § 1; November 5, 1974.

Cross References to Related Sections:

Impeachment, generally, see 37-101 et seq.

CASE ANNOTATIONS

1. Senate when trying impeachment is in session as a senate. Cook v. Senior, 3 Kan. App. 278, 281, 45 P. 126.

2. When senate shall sit and how trial conducted considered. The State, ex rel., v. Hillyer, 2 Kan. 17.

3. Judges of district courts subject to impeachment and removal by Legislature. Falloon v. Clark, 61 Kan. 121, 125, 58 P. 990.

4. Cited in considering evidence of legal enactment of statute. Railway Co. v. Simons, 75 Kan. 130, 141, 88 P. 551.

5. Constitution provides two methods for removing district judges; by impeachment or by resolution of both houses, two-thirds concurring; re-establishment of judicial districts disapproved. State, ex rel., v. Gaitskill, 133 Kan. 389, 390, 300 P. 326.