[BillyBoy]

>> Impeachment by the House with a trial by the Senate. In an interesting twist, the Constitution provides that the Chief Justice presides over the trial. Presumably any impeached CJ would recuse him/herself, but who would instead preside is an interesting question for the legal scholars. <<

In the event that a justice of the Supreme Court is impeached, the Vice President of the U.S. (in his role as President of the Senate) presides over the impeachment trial. This precedent was set in 1805 when SCOTUS Justice Samuel Chase was impeached and Vice President Aaron Burr presided over his trial.

[pogo101]

Interesting nugget! Thanks. I guess they figured that Chase’s “brethren” on the Court (including Chief Justice Marshall) might be biased for or against him.

[Impy]

Brutus, Judas, Quisling, Roberts

If I lived across the street from him I'd take a crap on his lawn EVERYDAY.

He has not been David Souter 2.0 up till this point but it looks like that might change. Filthy SOB. I wish I was a waiter at restaurant he ate at just so I could spit in his food.

Clearly we need the hardest core conservative judicial nominees for SCOTUS. Not the slightest wiff of "independence" can be tolerated. I'm not blaming Jr. Bush, he looked good at the time.

I wonder what happened after that, oral? Oral Roberts?

Please forgive me friends for these inappropriate comments, I'm angry at this pig.