Court for the trial of impeachments

§ 24. The assembly shall have the power of impeachment by a vote of a\nmajority of all the members elected thereto. The court for the trial of\nimpeachments shall be composed of the president of the senate, the\nsenators, or the major part of them, and the judges of the court of\nappeals, or the major part of them. On the trial of an impeachment\nagainst the governor or lieutenant-governor, neither the\nlieutenant-governor nor the temporary president of the senate shall act\nas a member of the court. No judicial officer shall exercise his or her\noffice after articles of impeachment against him or her shall have been\npreferred to the senate, until he or she shall have been acquitted.\nBefore the trial of an impeachment, the members of the court shall take\nan oath or affirmation truly and impartially to try the impeachment\naccording to the evidence, and no person shall be convicted without the\nconcurrence of two-thirds of the members present. Judgment in cases of\nimpeachment shall not extend further than to removal from office, or\nremoval from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any public\noffice of honor, trust, or profit under this state; but the party\nimpeached shall be liable to indictment and punishment according to law.\n