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As of December 2019, there have been 66 federal judges or Supreme Court Justices investigated for impeachment. [ 1] Usually, misbehavior is brought to the attention of a legislator, who may call upon the United States House Committee on the Judiciary to investigate. After a review of its findings, the Committee acts as a sheriff or prosecutor ...
The process for replacing a Supreme Court justice attracts considerable public attention and is closely scrutinized. [1] Typically, the whole process takes several months, but it can be, and on occasion has been, completed more quickly. Since the mid 1950s, the average time from nomination to final Senate vote has been about 55 days.
United States (1993), [18] the Supreme Court determined that the federal judiciary could not review such proceedings, as matters related to impeachment trials are political questions and could not be resolved in the courts. [19] In the case of impeachment of the president, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presides over the trial.
Just over a week after the Supreme Court presented its last case for the term, Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Clarence ...
Samuel Chase (April 17, 1741 – June 19, 1811) was a Founding Father of the United States, signer of the Continental Association and United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland, and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. [ 2] In 1804, Chase was impeached by the House of Representatives on grounds of ...
Justice Samuel Alito testified at his confirmation hearing that “no person in this country is above the law, and that includes the president and it includes the Supreme Court.”
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez says she plans to file articles of impeachment against Supreme Court justices after a ruling that granted former President Donald Trump immunity from prosecution for official acts.
Federal judges are subject to impeachment. In fact, 15 of 20 officers impeached, and all eight officers removed after Senate trial, have been judges. The most recent impeachment effort against a Supreme Court justice that resulted in a House of Representatives investigation was against Associate Justice William O. Douglas.