Blog 1.4 Judicial Review


Blog 1.4
1. How much of the House must agree to impeach a judge? How much of the Senate must agree to remove a judge?
According to the article, “a majority of the House must approve an indictment to impeach, and a two-thirds supermajority of the US Senate must convict for the judge or justice to lose their office”.

2. Has this process ever been used before for the Supreme Court?  How many times? 
The process has only been used once, but they were not impeached.

3. Where in the Constitution does it set up the impeachment process?
Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution establishes the impeachment process.

4. What are the reasons for the impeachments of the 5 most recent judicial impeachments?
In 1986, Harry Claiborne was impeached for falsifying income tax. Now representing Florida, Alcee Hastings was impeached for receiving bribe of $150,000. Walter Nixon was removed due to perjury.In 2009, Samuel Kent was accused of perjury and for lying about sexual abuse of female employees.G. Thomas Porteous was not convicted in his 2010 impeachment hearings, despite accusations of accepting bribes.

5. Why does the current makeup of the Senate make it unlikely that Supreme Court justices Kavanaugh or Thomas would be removed if impeached today?
 Since they have avid supporters in the Senate, Republicans would not want those men to be removed if impeached today. 

6. Why is it hard to tell which offenses are "impeachable offenses" for a justice?
Since there is not a definition for high crimes and misdemeanors, it is difficult to determine which offenses are actually impeachable.
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