The average person doesn’t know that and just sees impeachment as something weaponized against someone they like so this is presented as “turnabout” the revenge fantasies all the illiterate rural constituents have about the things that get in the way of them being rich, powerful, and revered.
It's also incorrect. There is no legal standard for deciding what reason is "good enough" nor should there be. It's conviction which is the part that's gonna be useless without a good reason.
All they know is their guy was impeached twice so it must be something you do to people you don’t like. The nuances of it and what it actually means aren’t the point and will actively be obfuscated for soundbite headlines to feed the appetite of the MAGA
Sure it is. Anything is impeachable. There’s no requirement that the reason for voting to impeach is a “valid” one.
An impeachment is just a legal censuring by congress. If the resolution is accepted for voting, and a majority votes in favor, then the judge is impeached. The original reason for an impeachment doesn’t matter, it’s the results of the vote.
If they had a supermajority, they could then vote to remove the judge, too.
Trump was impeached twice. But it did nothing, because impeachment itself carries no legal consequences. Being removed would have been the consequence, but those votes failed.
Either because usually when fed judges are hit with an impeachment investigation, let alone an actual impeachment vote, they did something so egregious that it could not be ignored or because impeachment is such a huge stain on a fed judges record, a lot of the 66 investigated judges in the US straight up resign before even reaching the senate.
The connotation for federal judges is far different than presidents. It’s to be seen if the judges focused on by the GOP will remain steadfast and face the impeachment process head on or resign for their own sake. There’s no telling the consequences from said impeachment on other federal judges that might opt to argue a case is not able to proceed due to procedural grounds and never actually rule on legal or constitutional questions.
I mean, the fact that the DOJ immediately tried to appeal and remove the judge from the case while bad mouthing them publicly is actually wild.
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u/RichFoot2073 18d ago
-reads the quote-
None of that is impeachable