Supreme Court Seat during impeachment?

[RicROC]

Just wondering....

While a pResident is under Impeachment, can he fill a vacant Supreme Court Justice seat?

[Buckeyeblue]

1. Yes. Impeachment does impact the authority of the presidency.

[Coleman]

2. He's still president

with all the same authories and powers he had prior to impeachment.

[onenote]

3. yes.

There are no restrictions on what a president who has been impeached but not yet tried or convicted can do.

[lark]

4. That is something that should be fixed, if we ever gain back control of all of our government.

drumpf has exposed many needs, including revealing 10 years of tax returns before anyone can sign up to run for president, that alone would stop PUtin's rw oligarchs in their tracks for the future.

[Wounded Bear]

5. Would require a Constitutional Amendment...

seems unlikely.

[lark]

6. Why can't a law be passed for this purpose?

[sarisataka]

8. A law would not suffice

Because the powers of the President are listed in the Constitution. They can therefore only be restricted by an Amendment to the Constitution.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

9. There's this little thing that starts out "We the People."

The Constitution of the United States

[MineralMan]

7. To This and All Other Similar Questions:

Impeachment does not take away any powers from a sitting President. Unless he is convicted in the Senate and removed from office, he remains the POTUS and can do anything a POTUS can do.

It's a very simple answer to all such questions.