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IIRC, federal judges can be removed by impeachment. Very unlikely that this judge or any other would be impeached just for a controversial ruling, though: https
by danso 8y ago
IIRC, federal judges can be removed by impeachment. Very unlikely that this judge or any other would be impeached just for a controversial ruling, though: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_judge#Tenure_and_salary https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_judge#...
- throw_away2 8y agoNot a federal judge and not an impeachment, but a judge has been removed for a controversial ruling recently: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/06/06/judge-aaron-persky-who-gave-brock-turners-lenient-sentence-sanford-rape-case-recalled/674551002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/06/06/judge-aaron-p...
- forapurpose 8y agoApproximately 8 federal judges have been impeached in the last century: https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/impeachments-federal-judges https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/impeachments-federal-judg... That doesn't include how many resigned facing likely impeachment.
- HelloNurse 8y agoIt isn't merely a controversial ruling, it might be easily construed as a favor to friends (police and/or the clerks who published the document by mistake).