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Can they be impeached or removed from office if it is proven that Trump was elected illegally?
Ms. Toad
(33,915 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)Louis1895
(768 posts)I guess I am looking for hope in all the wrong places.
Thanks for your prompt responses!
unblock
(51,974 posts)They can decide what a high crime and misdemeanor is, and if they decided that gaining that office pursuant to a coup counted, they could.
However, I very much doubt they would do that, particularly not without 67 democratic senators.
john657
(1,058 posts)And it would take 67 Senators voting to remove a Judge.
Highly unlikely you would get that number.
onenote
(42,383 posts)It's as likely as Trump waking up tomorrow and deciding to withdraw Kavanaugh's nomination and instead nominating Garland.
In other words, it is theoretically possible and absolutely impossible from a practical standpoint.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)That was Samuel Chase, in 1805. Some federal court judges have been removed from office over the years but in all of those cases they had been involved in some serious crimes, usually bribery or fraud.
former9thward
(31,805 posts)Alcee Hastings, a federal judge impeached and removed for bribery, now represents Florida's 20th district. Great job Florida's 20th voters!
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)Exhibit A: Jeff Sessions - deemed too racist to be a federal judge, but he got elected to the Senate and then was appointed Attorney General by the most corrupt president in the universe.
RockRaven
(14,784 posts)a corrupt act of its own (agreeing to enter into a patronage relationship -- spoken or unspoken, doesn't matter, that's what it is -- and whether or not you later hold up your end doesn't absolve you of the original misdeed) worthy of removal, it is inconceivable that you could actually get 2/3 of the Senate to go for it.
Technically possible, total pipe-dream.