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valerief

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32. By angry AKKKers? nt

Reply to RKP5637 (Original post)

Sun Jul 6, 2014, 12:13 PM

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How do SCOTUS Justices ever get removed? n/t [View all] RKP5637 Jul 2014 OP

Impeachment, but I don't believe any have ever been removed. louis-t Jul 2014 #1

Removal of SCOTUS justices Dale Neiburg Jul 2014 #4

IMO a few of them sure are the test case for insanity! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2014 #9

i would think some of the current crop qualify for impeachment samsingh Jul 2014 #12

That is a urban myth. former9thward Jul 2014 #21

here's the language - i wish it were only an urban myth samsingh Jul 2014 #22

No, that language does not mean anything. former9thward Jul 2014 #24

OK which is it? rock Jul 2014 #30

Posters have said over and over again former9thward Jul 2014 #34

OK thanks rock Jul 2014 #35

It is not your fault. former9thward Jul 2014 #36

None have ever been removed. former9thward Jul 2014 #20

They die. Only one has alsame Jul 2014 #2

Thanks! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2014 #8

A pitchfork? Jacoby365 Jul 2014 #3

Don't forget the torches! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2014 #11

I don't know... ReRe Jul 2014 #5

We're in deep trouble with a few of these jokers IMO. n/t RKP5637 Jul 2014 #10

Five of them... ReRe Jul 2014 #16

Usually, a coffin. longship Jul 2014 #6

Feet first. Cayenne Jul 2014 #7

I can't see why these were life appointments. ... has always been a RKP5637 Jul 2014 #13

It's to provide continuity Goblinmonger Jul 2014 #19

Ah, yes, I remember that now from years ago in school, exactly, to provide RKP5637 Jul 2014 #23

Rule written when life expectancy was early 60s. HooptieWagon Jul 2014 #26

I've always wondered about that ... people develop all types of problems ... are RKP5637 Jul 2014 #27

Only two ways to revisit that customerserviceguy Jul 2014 #33

It is in the Constitution yeoman6987 Jul 2014 #29

Yes, I agree, it does lend continuity. It's a damn shame SCOTUS has become a political arm, more RKP5637 Jul 2014 #31

So far, they haven't been. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2014 #14

Putting SCOTUS under the Federal Judicial Roles/Ethics would be a start stuffmatters Jul 2014 #15

LBJ got Authur Goldberg to leave the Court in 1965. femmocrat Jul 2014 #17

Retire or die. nt COLGATE4 Jul 2014 #18

Die davidpdx Jul 2014 #25

Exactly three ways, 1. Retire, 2. Die, 3. Impeached by congress nt stevenleser Jul 2014 #28

By angry AKKKers? nt valerief Jul 2014 #32

I suggest five doses of industrial-strength laxative. Orrex Jul 2014 #37