Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The impeachment process may be requested by non-members. For example, when the Judicial Conference of the United States suggests a federal judge be impeached, a charge of actions constituting grounds for impeachment may come from a special prosecutor, the president, or state or territorial legislature, grand jury, or by petition. An impeachment ...
Two days later, the Judiciary Committee reintroduced a resolution to impeach Judge Boarman. The House agreed to consider the resolution on February 20 at 2:00 p.m. [96] No such action was taken. So, on the 28th, the resolution was again called up for consideration. The vote on the resolution was postponed until the evening session of the House ...
Impeached Judge Thomas Porteous (left) watches House impeachment manager Adam Schiff argue before a Rule XI trial committee in September 2010. Rule XI, allowing for the appointment of "Rule XI committees" was adopted by the Senate in 1934 as a simple resolution offered by Senator Henry F. Ashurst. [14] Rule XI states,
The impeachment process may be requested by non-members. For example, when the Judicial Conference of the United States suggests a federal judge be impeached, a charge of actions constituting grounds for impeachment may come from a special prosecutor, the president, or state or territorial legislature, grand jury, or by petition. An impeachment ...
They can only be impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives for treason, bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors and must be convicted by the Senate to be removed.
A judge may also be removed by impeachment and conviction by congressional vote (hence the term good behavior); this has occurred fourteen times. Three other judges, Mark W. Delahay, [8] George W. English, [9] and Samuel B. Kent, [10] chose to resign rather than go through the impeachment process.
"This judge clearly doesn’t give a s--- about the law, so what are we supposed to do — wait until we have a 2/3 majority in the Senate to impeach and remove?" the official said, referring to ...
The House of Representatives voted to impeach Trump on January 13, so that part is already done, and the question of whether a president can be impeached after their term is over doesn’t apply here.