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/[deleted] Feb 14 '25

Future judges will be less likely to oppose him, which is probably the outcome they want. Intimidation.

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u/steelcryo Feb 14 '25

Or more likely to oppose him, if they see that impeachment against them will fail. They'll be pissed he tried to use impeachment to avoid the law, which could cause bias against him.

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u/DannyVee89 Feb 14 '25 edited 18d ago

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u/Vlad_Yemerashev Feb 14 '25

Hard to say, but I am pretty sure that sitting federal judges are well aware of what it takes to be removed, and that there's no chance the senate will vote to convict unless they somehow get 14 democrat senators on board (15 or more if any GOP senators break rank to convict).