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To: verity

But he was impeached while he WAS a supreme, so the question of whether or not a precedent was ever set regarding the impeachment of a sitting Supreme Court Judge is still yes.


55 posted on 03/02/2005 3:27:09 PM PST by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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To: bill1952

Do we have to get in a pissing contest because, like Clinton, you want to debate the meaning of "is?"


58 posted on 03/02/2005 3:31:23 PM PST by verity (The Liberal Media is America's Enemy)
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To: bill1952
But he was impeached while he WAS a supreme, so the question of whether or not a precedent was ever set regarding the impeachment of a sitting Supreme Court Judge is still yes.

Correction: He was not impeached. He was tried "merely" for impeachment. A big difference -- like the difference between a lightening bug and a lightening bolt.

82 posted on 03/02/2005 3:56:40 PM PST by yankeedame ("Born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.")
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