Reply #23: So is a dictionary -

[Tangerine LaBamba]

that's worked for a long, long time when you want to know what a word means. It's a great concept, the dictionary.

Tenured law faculty, huh? Well, that tenured law faculty must be hovering somewhere in the rarefied atmosphere that surrounds the academe, but they lack the basic knowledge of the practitioners - especially the Washington, DC practitioners. It's unfortunate that they left you with such a narrow, and, alas, not terribly enlightened impression.

They are wrong. They are overlooking, or perhaps they don't even know how the political realities of such a situation function. They hardly gave you proper information.

Tell you what - next time you're in the company of "tenured law faculty," see if they can tell what "judicial notice" means, as a practical matter, and see if they can apply it to the hypothetical of a removal of a Federal judge. If they can do that, they will be able to give you a much more comprehensive, and, consequently, accurate answer as to how these things are managed.

And, seriously, ditch the wikipedia....................