====== N.D. Const. art. XI, § 12 — Research ======

**Suspension Pending Impeachment.** Text of the section: [[.:start|current and prior versions]].

Every citing reference in the corpus: **2** court opinions and **0** Attorney General opinions. Counts include the section's pre-1981 designation (§ 198), era-gated by the renumbering crosswalk.

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===== Construing and quoting decisions (2) =====

  * State ex rel. Olson v. Langer, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3933740/state-ex-rel-olson-v-langer/|1934 ND 67]] (1934, Burke, J.)  ·  quotes the provision
    * //“…%%though judgment of conviction should be ultimately affirmed. Hence the public would have no redress, and its rights would be entirely overlooked and ignored. It seems to us that the provisions of the Constitution itself point to this holding on the question. Section 198 of that instrument reads as follows: "No officer shall exercise the duties of his office after he shall have been impeached and before his acquittal." The voting of an impeachment by the House of Representatives follows%%…”//
  * State ex rel. Johnson v. Myers, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3934591/state-ex-rel-johnson-v-myers/|1945 ND 27]] (1945, Burke, J.)  ·  quotes the provision
    * //“…%%Representatives of North Dakota impeached Mr. Erickson. The resolution of impeachment was presented at the bar of the State Senate and was accepted and filed by the Senate the same day. The Senate thereupon resolved as follows: 'Whereas, By the provisions of Section 198 of the Constitution of the State of North Dakota and by Section 44–0908 of North Dakota Revised Code of 1943, the said Oscar E. Erickson cannot exercise the duties of said office; and there is no one authorized by law t%%…”//

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