I’m not a lawyer, and I do not play one on TV. But there is already a remedy for those public officials who break their oaths. It’s impeachment. Some states also have a recall option.
It’s a high hurdle to impeach and remove an official on the federal level. I suppose it’s the same in most states. Is it good that the hurdle is so high? I dunno. A decent argument can be made either way.
I’m not a lawyer, and I do not play one on TV. But there is already a remedy for those public officials who break their oaths. It’s impeachment. Some states also have a recall option.
It’s a high hurdle to impeach and remove an official on the federal level. I suppose it’s the same in most states. Is it good that the hurdle is so high? I dunno. A decent argument can be made either way. Well, I am a legal academic who does sometimes litigate things. Impeachment was not the only way to remove a judge from office. Historically, the writ of
scire facias could be used to revoke a grant such as a royal judgeship:
Removing Federal Judges Without Impeachment This could be used not just for judicial misconduct, but also to remove a senile judge from active service hearing cases, and we have quite a few of those on the federal bench. Mostly, they give them
pro se cases to clear from the docket, so if anyone complains, no one cares. The present system in the federal judiciary needs reform, and judges don't like people like me discussing it.