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The US constitution limits accountability for federal judges to the impeachment process. That requires a 2/3rds majority in the Senate to remove. If your sugge
by bradleyjg 3y ago
The US constitution limits accountability for federal judges to the impeachment process. That requires a 2/3rds majority in the Senate to remove.
If your suggestion is that we ought to change the constitution, good luck.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> The US constitution limits accountability for federal judges to the impeachment process. No, it (arguably, it doesn't actually do this directly) [0] limits removal from office to the impeachment process. It doesn't prevent judges from being liable for civil or criminal penalties for misconduct without impeachment, and indeed impeachment has been known to be initiated after criminal conviction if a judge for misconduct when the judge stubbornly refuses to resign before that. [0] the limitation is inferred from the “in good behavior” term of office and the availability of impeachment.
- rtkwe 3y ago> It doesn't prevent judges from being liable for civil or criminal penalties for misconduct That process does however lead through other judges who have plenty of motivation to find a reasoning that leads to judges being hard to attack civilly or criminally. We already have tons of little loop holes of accountability to sail right through.
- bradleyjg 3y agoIf you think that there’s ever going to be criminal penalties for approving a warrant that on the balance ought not to have been approved, I don’t know what to tell you. We are living on different planets.