Posted on 12/17/2020 6:42:39 AM PST by hapnHal
Can a supreme court justice be removed?
The Constitution states that Justices "shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour." This means that the Justices hold office as long as they choose and can only be removed from office by impeachment.
How many votes does it take to impeach a Supreme Court justice?
If a majority of the members of the United States House of Representatives vote to impeach, the impeachment is referred to the United States Senate for trial. A conviction requires a two-thirds vote in the Senate.
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Lower court judges have been impeached and removed from office.
Then they run for Congress....................
YES! ABSOLUTELY!
This is another Pandora’s box that I feel should not be opened over politics. It’s a precedent that should not be set. If democrats get full control of the legislative and executive branches of this government, what is to stop them from pushing impeachment on all of the conservative justices, basically to get more political power and finish off their trifecta of power over the judicial branch as well?
The bar needs to be set very high, and should probably be related on corruption of actual court conduct. Example, taking bribes.
Impeached and removed. That’s the only way. For Supreme Court justices or any other federal judge.
So who do you want to impeach and why?
Good behavior means not doing what the democrats want.
What are the odds that the three Trump appointees will be impeached soon after January 20th? Doesn’t matter what they did or didn’t do. To the Communists, they will always be illegitimate.
No matter that they were told rule against President Trump or we’ll pack the court. Impeachment and replacement isn’t parking the Court; merely “filling vacancies”.
It is set high. You need the House to impeach, the Senate to try and 2/3 Senate majority vote to remove the justice. That is not easy to do as we have recently seen.
The odds are zero.
Democrats would NEVER vote to remove a bad justice, and conservatives would not vote to remove a good justice.
So, I believe the answer is ultimately, “NO!”
Impeachment is very difficult for all federal judges, with the same rules as for the POTUS. A majority vote in the House, which is easy, *followed* by a trial in the senate, in which 2/3rds of the senate (67) must vote to convict (remove).
Likewise, it is quite difficult to pack the court.
It’s the Constitutional requirement of 2/3rds of the Senate to vote to remove. The impeachment part only requires a majority vote of the House, which would no doubt love to do it, but 2/3rds of the Senate?—Not going to happen, at least for a long time.
It’s a high hurdle with good reason. Real answers lie with good state governments established by elections that no one pays attention to. State legislatures have plenary power over elections, and they should have been wielding that power before the fact.
Yes. Read the US Constitution.
Which group of powerful GOP Representatives in the House do you envision beginning impeachment against Roberts?
>>> Can a supreme court justice be removed?
Depends on the offense.
If they are guilty of a non-criminal offense (such as poor choice of airline transportation) they can be impeached through congress.
If a Justice is guilty of a criminal offense, they can be arrested and jailed like anyone else... What typically would follow of course WOULD be impeachment if the offense is grave enough.
If a Justice is guilty of TREASON, **AND** the US is under military law, then I have to wonder if they could be removed immediately and tried under military tribunal.
Last place I’d search for info is google.
Then they run for Congress....................
:)
Slim to none.
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