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To: goodnesswins

Judges can’t be impeached as far as I know.

BTW, did you read the whole article?

It talks about how Roberts is really for smaller government.


42 posted on 06/29/2012 9:32:56 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Salvation
Judges can’t be impeached as far as I know.

They certainly may. In fact, any federal official can be impeached.

Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL), for example, was a federal judge before he was impeached for bribery. Subsequently, he ran for and was elected to Congress.

55 posted on 06/29/2012 9:46:46 PM PDT by okie01 (+64)
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To: Salvation; goodnesswins
Judges can’t be impeached as far as I know.

You don't know much, do you?

BTW, did you read the whole article? It talks about how Roberts is really for smaller government.

He expanded the Government more than any other person in History. He basically said there is no limit to the power of Government to tax your behavior.

Give it up Salvation. There is no silver lining to this decision. Roberts is pig. Don't try to put lipstick on him. It won't help.

58 posted on 06/29/2012 9:52:35 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (Roberts Care is Romney Care on Steroids)
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To: Salvation
It talks about how Roberts is really for smaller government.

LOL thanks for the laugh. Anyone that believes that is a ignorant fool.

Injustice Roberts has clearly presented to the world his view of government.

The evil Roberts clearly and without any shades of gray states that he firmly believes that in all matters the State is superior and more important than the individual.

The more I learn about this decision the more I loathe that contemptible vile, very evil man. Roberts deserves nothing but our scorn, contempt and ridicule.

He anti-Constitutional, anti-Liberty decision will guarantee unneeded misery for tens of millions of Americans.

At this moment I loathe this subhuman more than I loathe those on the left.

86 posted on 06/29/2012 10:29:25 PM PDT by sand88
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To: Salvation
Judges can be impeached. That is the check on the judges. see Samuel Chase SCOTUS, Alcee Hastings SDF, Walter Nixon SDM, as well as at least a dozen more examples. Some, like Chase, acquitted in the Senate while other resign or are removed, like Hastings.

The point is that a very good case for impeachment could be made. Certainly a better case than can be made for the Constitutionality of Obama care.

It comes down to the philosophy of hanging horse thieves. You don't have to hang too m,any of them before the others decide to tow the line! If their were actual consequences meted out to these bad apples, and Roberts is now the biggest, the bad apples would self correct.

Kagan should also be impeached for NOT recusing herself. This is a blatant act of conflict of interest. Text book as a matter of fact.

89 posted on 06/29/2012 10:34:19 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: Salvation

I guess the thing I think is...”actions speak louder than words”....


90 posted on 06/29/2012 10:34:47 PM PDT by goodnesswins (What has happened to America?)
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To: Salvation

Under normal circumstances, a Supreme Court justice is awarded a lifetime commission.

A Supreme Court Justice may be impeached by the House of Representatives and removed from office if convicted in a Senate trial, but only for the same types of offenses that would trigger impeachment proceedings for any other government official under Articles I and II of the Constitution.

Article III, Section 1 states that judges of Article III courts shall hold their offices “during good behavior.” “The phrase “good behavior” has been interpreted by the courts to equate to the same level of seriousness ‘high crimes and misdemeanors” encompasses.

In addition, any federal judge may prosecuted in the criminal courts for criminal activity. If found guilty of a crime in a federal district court, the justice would face the same type of sentencing any other criminal defendant would. The district court could not remove him/her from the Bench. However, any justice found guilty in the criminal courts of any felony would certainly be impeached and, if found guilty, removed from office.

In the United States, impeachment is most often used to remove corrupt lower-court federal judges from office, but it’s not unusual to find disgruntled special interest groups circulating petitions on the internet calling for the impeachment of one or all members of the High Court.

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Can_a_US_Supreme_Court_justice_be_impeached_and_removed_from_office#ixzz1zHHyQUXU


135 posted on 06/30/2012 5:10:28 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (Don't Tread On Me)
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