Does impeachment make one ineligible to hold any other office?
Only if after conviction the Senate votes to make them disqualified. It has happened thrice, Humphies, Archbald and Porteous. Alcee Hastings was impeached, convicted and removed as a federal judge but later became a US Representative.
Very true, but traditionally the Senate has not played politics while on trial. You need a pretty strong case that a serious crime has been committed for conviction.
But it requires the pretext of an impeachable offense, high crimes and misdemeanor, etc. Presumably the congress could impeach someone for any action, and the sentate remove them - but generally, most politicians seem to feel the need to at lease rise to the level of Stalin’s show trials and find a good excuse.
IIRC, the current discussion over the 14th amendment exclusions mentioned that the elected positions to congress and senate were specifically listed, as well as “officers”, because there was some consideration that elected to a legislature was not the same as an executive or judicial office. Hence, the president was an officer under that amendment, but it could be argued since the only position congresscritters had was passing legislation, they were not “officers.”
Considering that congress confirms the president and VP (Jan 6 comes to mind) that too defines the officers of the USA.
The President and Vice President are subject to impeachment not because they are civil officers, but because they are specifically listed as so in the Constitution. Article II Section 4: “The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment . . .”
I was referring to the current cases about disqualifying someone from the ballot for president who had been a participant in insurrection: (14th Amendment)
Section 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State…
Some pointed out it excluded congress, but not president or vice president. Debate at the time of its passage inidcated that the house and senators considered president or VP an officer. Just, elected members who were not executive (congress, electors) were enumerated separately because it could be argued they were not officers.
Were they still pounding on Andrew Johnson at that point?