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To: Amendment10

Congress has the power to remove a supreme court justice?


80 posted on 07/11/2016 4:12:19 PM PDT by wastedyears (#brexit - Make Britain Great Again)
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To: wastedyears

It’s called “impeachment.”


85 posted on 07/11/2016 4:17:36 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: wastedyears; All
"Congress has the power to remove a supreme court justice?"

Yes. Note that Justice Samuel Chase was impeached by the House in 1805. But he was later acquitted by the Senate.

Samuel Chase

88 posted on 07/11/2016 4:24:27 PM PDT by Amendment10
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