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Alcee Hastings

United States District Court for the
Southern District of Florida
Miami, Florida
(Impeached)

Born: Altamonte Springs, Florida-September 5, 1936
Education: Fisk University (B.A. 1958); Florida A&M University (J.D. 1963).

Alcee Hastings was appointed by President Carter to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida in 1979.

Alcee Hastings began his career as a jurist in the Florida state trial courts. From 1977 through 1979, Hastings served as a Circuit Court Judge in Broward County, Florida. After less than two years as a state court trial judge, President Carter appointed Hastings to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He served in this capacity as a United States District Court Judge for approximately ten years. Then, amidst a controversial legal and political environment, Judge Hastings was impeached and removed from his position as a United States District Court Judge in 1989.

After fighting to clear his name, in 1992, Judge Hastings sought and obtained election to the House of Representatives of the United States Congress. Representative Hastings represents his native State of Florida by serving as Congressman for the 23rd District which includes Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Hendry, Martin, St. Lucie, and Okeechobee counties. Congressman Hastings has been reelected to this position in 1994 and 1996. In his role as a legislator, Congressman Hastings has supported legislation to cut federal spending, create tax incentives for small businesses, expand the Earned Income Tax Credit, provide job training and reeducation to displaced workers, ban assault weapons, fund Head Start and education programs, make Social Security an independent agency, and provide family and medical leave to all workers. blah blah...

http://www.jtbf.org/article_iii_judges/hastings_a.htm

Despite the frequency with which members of the political branches suggest that federal judges have engaged in impeachable conduct, however, use of impeachment itself is relatively rare. Since 1789, impeachment proceedings have been initiated against 12 judges. Nine other judges resigned before such proceedings were formally instituted. Eleven of the 12 impeachment cases went to trial; four resulted in acquittals and seven in actual removals. One resigned during the proceedings. The most recent cases of impeachment and removal occurred in 1989, when Judges Alcee Hastings and Walter Nixon were impeached for financial misdealings and corruption. (Hastings later went on to win election to Congress from Florida.) ...

http://www.constitutionproject.org/ci/newsroom_guide/29.htm