Question: Does the minority or majority party have more leadership positions in the governmental body that presides over presidential impeachments in the country that the Liberian flag and constitution are modeled after?

in the instance when the presidency and both houses of congress are controlled by one party, the speaker normally assumes a lower profile and defers to the president. for that situation the house minority leader can play the role of a de facto "leader of the opposition", often more so than the senate minority leader, due to the more partisan nature of the house and the greater role of leadership. minority leaders who have played prominent roles in opposing the incumbent president have included gerald ford, richard gephardt, nancy pelosi, and john boehner. <SEP> When the Majority Leader's party loses control of the House, and if the Speaker and Majority Leader both remain in the leadership hierarchy, convention suggests that they would become the Minority Leader and Minority Whip, respectively. As the minority party has one less leadership position after losing the speaker's chair, there may be a contest for the remaining leadership positions. Nancy Pelosi is the most recent example of an outgoing Speaker seeking the Minority Leader post to retain the House party leadership, as the Democrats lost control of the House in the 2010 elections. Outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi ran successfully for Minority Leader in the 112th Congress. <SEP> the senate also has a role in ratifying treaties. the constitution provides that the president may only "make treaties, provided two thirds of the senators present concur" in order to benefit from the senate's advice and consent and give each state an equal vote in the process. however, not all international agreements are considered treaties under us domestic law, even if they are considered treaties under international law. congress has passed laws authorizing the president to conclude executive agreements without action by the senate. similarly, the president may make congressional-executive agreements with the approval of a simple majority in each house of congress, rather than a two-thirds majority in the senate. neither executive agreements nor congressional-executive agreements are mentioned in the constitution, leading some scholars such as laurence tribe and john yoo to suggest that they unconstitutionally circumvent the treaty-ratification process. however, courts have upheld the validity of such agreements.the constitution empowers the house of representatives to impeach federal officials for "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors" and empowers the senate to try such impeachments. if the sitting president of the united states is being tried, the chief justice of the united states presides over the trial. during an impeachment trial, senators are constitutionally required to sit on oath or affirmation. conviction requires a two-thirds majority of the senators present. a convicted official is automatically removed from office; in addition, the senate may stipulate that the defendant be banned from holding office. no further punishment is permitted during the impeachment proceedings; however, the party may face criminal penalties in a normal court of law. <SEP> The proceedings unfold in the form of a trial, with each side having the right to call witnesses and perform cross-examinations. The House members, who are given the collective title of managers during the course of the trial, present the prosecution case, and the impeached official has the right to mount a defense with his own attorneys as well. Senators must also take an oath or affirmation that they will perform their duties honestly and with due diligence. After hearing the charges, the Senate usually deliberates in private. The Constitution requires a two thirds super majority to convict a person being impeached. <SEP> The United States did not recognize Liberia's independence until during the American Civil War on February 5, 1862. The Republic of Liberia, beginning as a settlement of the American Colonization Society (ACS), declared its independence on July 26, 1847. Between January 7, 1822 and the American Civil War, more than 15,000 freed and free-born Black Americans from United States and 3,198 Afro-Caribbeans relocated to the settlement. The Black American settlers carried their culture with them to Liberia. The Liberian constitution and flag were modeled after the United States. In January 3, 1848 Joseph Jenkins Roberts, a wealthy free-born Black American from Virginia who settled in Liberia, was elected as Liberia's first president after the people proclaimed independence.