Dang, before impeaching Roberts, impeach Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Kennedy.
Roberts is bad but not as bad as these guys.
BTW, what’s the constitutional standard for impeaching a Justice? Given that a Supreme Court Justice is an Officer of the United States, the constitutional standard for removal is “Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors” (U.S. Const, art. II, sec. IV).
The Constitution defines treason as “levying War against [the United States], or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort” (art. III, sec. 3).
The Justices also have the requirement of “good behavior” (art. III, sec. 1) which hasn’t been very well defined.
Not sure any of our SCOTUS Justices have levied war against the United States, or given their enemies aid and comfort, or committed bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. But I think we’re missing the big picture here.
The big picture is that SCOTUS, the judicial branch, has somehow unconstitutionally been given legislative powers to make national law. However, the Constitution LIMITS the power and scope of SCOTUS decisions to the parties of INDIVIDUAL cases and controversies (art. III, sec. 2) and any other cases with the same questions of law and fact.
What is really needed is to reject all attempts to expand any SCOTUS decision beyond the parties of the specific case involved.
SCOTUS is, thus, constitutionally limited by,
1) if the SCOTUS decision is NOT based on sound constitutional reasoning, the decision should be rejected and ignored, or
2) if the SCOTUS decision IS based on sound constitutional reasoning, the power and scope of the decision is limited to the parties of the individual case at hand and any other cases with the same questions of law and fact.
Doing this, among other things, greatly reduces the harmful affect of unconstitutional SCOTUS decisions. It also puts the burden of correcting flawed laws where it belongs, on Congress, the legislative branch. The Constitution NEVER intended for SCOTUS to have the sweeping powers it has been given almost from the start. Constitutionally limiting the power and effect of SCOTUS also greatly lessens the need for removal for which there is usually little constitutional support
Let’s get back on track to the constitutional separation of powers and the recovery of our Free Constitutional Republic.
I’d bet that a fair number of federal judges would meet the grounds for impeachment. And that’s actually where the effort should be. Impeaching and removing even a handful of these commie judges would cause a lot of trembling throughout the leftist judicial “industry.”