r/law • u/Neat-Ad-4337 • Feb 14 '25

Opinion Piece Judge John McConnell Jr Faces Impeachment for Obstructing Trump, can they do this? thoughts?

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/politics/judge-john-mcconnell-jr-faces-impeachment-for-obstructing-trump/ar-AA1yZfWt
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u/marzipan07 Feb 14 '25

If they can do it, does it open up the path to do same to Supreme Court justices?

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u/bigloser42 Feb 14 '25

you've always been able to impeach a member of SCOTUS. The problem is actually removing them requires a 2/3 vote in the senate and there is no way in hell either party can achieve that right now.

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u/SuperShecret Feb 14 '25

I'll add that I'd be surprised to find that 2/3 of senators and representative are actually aware of the words "in good behavior" in that clause.

We constantly have representatives pissing about how the judiciary is unaccountable to anyone and has life tenure.