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8. Impeachment is about the person, not how they arrived on the court.

Sat Sep 19, 2020, 12:18 PM

Sep 2020

For judges, it basically boils down to serious criminal conduct to warrant proceedings.

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If we win the WH and Congress, it would be within our power to impeach and remove [View all] still_one Sep 2020 OP

AFAIK you can impeach for a bad haircut Stinky The Clown Sep 2020 #12

Are you familiar with how many senate seats are up for grabs? PTWB Sep 2020 #2

2/3 majority SharonClark Sep 2020 #3

You need 67 to remove a Justice - ain't gonna happen Fiendish Thingy Sep 2020 #4

"and dilute the power and influence of any single justice" Stinky The Clown Sep 2020 #15

+1 2naSalit Sep 2020 #16

Nutty BGBD Sep 2020 #6

No qazplm135 Sep 2020 #7

Impeachment is about the person, not how they arrived on the court. TwilightZone Sep 2020 #8

Nobody on the SC has committed an impeachable act Codeine Sep 2020 #9

Which, if done for the wrong reasons, Codeine Sep 2020 #11

It isn't going to happen regardless. I was just what ifing still_one Sep 2020 #14

The one thing I'm sure about is that many of the judges who malaise Sep 2020 #13