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To: SAJ; All
A sitting federal judge (or Justice of the Supreme Court) can only b removed by one route, impeachment. There have been, IIRC, 11 impeachments of judges in our history. Most were for the commission of a crime; one was for drunkenness.

Look at the present, or even possible after the 2006 election, membership of the Senate. Is there a snowball's chance in Hell that the Senate will vote by a 2/3rds margin to remove any Justice merely for savaging the Constitution and violating their oath of office?

If you conclude that the Senate will not vote to convict and remove any Justice on that basis, then you agree with Thomas Jefferson who wrote that "the remedy of impeachment is a scare-crow." That the House might vote by a majority to impeach (or indict) means nothing if the Senate will not convict and remove.

Therefore, the only real remedy is to wait for the outlaw Justices to die, or resign for health and age problems, and see to it that they are replaced by Justices who have read the Constitution, understand it, and will obey it. There is no other remedy, absent armed rebellion per the Declaration of Independence.

John / Billybob

84 posted on 06/28/2005 3:38:25 PM PDT by Congressman Billybob (Anyone who takes the MSM seriously, deserves the likes of Dick Durbin.)
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To: Congressman Billybob

How about some House pressure?
This should be brought up and voted on, and all voted accounted for (no voice vote), so Americans know where Congress stands on this issue.
If the House votes to overturn this decision and write legislation to enfore our rights (I can't believe I'm even writing this!), I'd like to see the Senate try and ignore it.


95 posted on 06/28/2005 4:13:05 PM PDT by mabelkitty (Lurk forever, but once you post, your newbness shines like a new pair of shoes.)
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To: Congressman Billybob

While we wait, should a local government seize our property, what is your remedy or prescription for dealing with it? It seems there is only one option left....the same option as Concord.


114 posted on 06/29/2005 5:28:50 PM PDT by Texas Songwriter
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