[1]Additionally, the constitution states that "dissatisfaction with the ruling of a judge or justice shall not be a ground upon which impeachment...may proceed.
[1]Per the constitution, any "charge or subject matter" against a judges and justices that has been tried before the state's Court of the Judiciary cannot be a grounds for an impeachment.
The secretary of state will be required to, within ten days of receipt of such a notice, to inform the speaker of the House.
[4][5] The change altered the vote threshold needed to convict in an impeachment trial to two-thirds of senators present.
[9] That same day, Republican State Representative Ed Henry announced that he planned to file a resolution calling for the impeachment of Bentley.
[12] On April 26, 2016, the House passed new rules outlining procedure that would need to be followed before an impeachment vote could be held.
[13] On April 28, Henry announced that he now had twenty-three other House members join him in supporting his resolution, satisfying the requirement.
[14] In November 2016, upon a request from Republican Attorney General Luther Strange, the Judiciary Committee temporarily suspended its impeachment inquiry hearings.
[17] That day, the special counsel hired by the House Judiciary Committee released his pre-hearing report which made many allegations against Bentley, concluding that he "encouraged an atmosphere of intimidation.
However, also on April 7, 2017, Bentley filed in court to request an order to stop the impeachment proceedings and to block the House Judiciary Committee counsel from releasing his report.
[19] A suspension of the impeachment proceedings was granted the same day by Montgomery Circuit Court Judge Greg Griffin, who had been appointed to the bench by Bentley.
[21] On April 10, Bentley resigned from office shortly after striking plea agreement on misdemeanor campaign finance law violations.