# How does impeachment work?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Alex Gendler
- Year: 2017
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics, History
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/alex_gendler_how_does_impeachment_work)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

For most jobs, it's understood that you can be fired – whether for crime, incompetence, or just poor performance. But what if your job happens to be the most powerful position in the country – or the world? That's where impeachment comes in. But how does it work? Alex Gendler details the process of impeachment. \[Directed by Mark Phillips, narrated by Addison Anderson\].

## Lectures

1. [How does impeachment work?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/alex_gendler_how_does_impeachment_work/fb0e84a69d67), 5 min (TED's player)