1) The majority of the House must prove an indictment to impeach, and two-thirds supermajority of the U.S. Senate must convict for the judge or justice to lose their office.
2) This process has been used in the Supreme Court many times, but only one has been impeached. Many have resigned before getting impeached. The house has impeached 13 judges, and the Senate has convicted and removed eight. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Chase was the only judge to have been impeached in the Supreme Court.
3) The impeachment process is stated in Article II in section 4.
4) Harry Claiborne was convicted of falsifying income tax returns. Alcee Hastings committed perjury and tampered with evidence. Walter Nixon received a five- year prison sentence for perjury. Samuel Kent sexually abused his female employees. Porteous was accused of accepting bribes from lawyers and businesses.
5) The five most recent cases involved judges whose wrongdoing was recognized by both political parties in Congress and who had few if any defenders in the Senate. Kavanaugh and Thomas both have supporters in the Senate, and it is doubtful that enough Republicans would defect to make a removal viable.
6) An impeachable offense is subjective and is based on Congress's opinion.
2) This process has been used in the Supreme Court many times, but only one has been impeached. Many have resigned before getting impeached. The house has impeached 13 judges, and the Senate has convicted and removed eight. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Chase was the only judge to have been impeached in the Supreme Court.
3) The impeachment process is stated in Article II in section 4.
4) Harry Claiborne was convicted of falsifying income tax returns. Alcee Hastings committed perjury and tampered with evidence. Walter Nixon received a five- year prison sentence for perjury. Samuel Kent sexually abused his female employees. Porteous was accused of accepting bribes from lawyers and businesses.
5) The five most recent cases involved judges whose wrongdoing was recognized by both political parties in Congress and who had few if any defenders in the Senate. Kavanaugh and Thomas both have supporters in the Senate, and it is doubtful that enough Republicans would defect to make a removal viable.
6) An impeachable offense is subjective and is based on Congress's opinion.
Comments
Post a Comment