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Federal judges are subject to impeachment. [4] Within the executive branch, any presidentially appointed "principal officer", including a head of an agency such as a Secretary, Administrator, or Commissioner, is a "civil officer of the United States" subject to impeachment. [5]
Federal judges are subject to impeachment. In fact, 15 of 20 officers impeached, and all eight officers removed after Senate trial, have been judges. The most recent impeachment effort against a Supreme Court justice that resulted in a House of Representatives investigation was against Associate Justice William O. Douglas.
In the United States, impeachment is a remedial rather than penal process, [14] [15]: 8 intended to "effectively 'maintain constitutional government' by removing individuals unfit for office"; [15]: 8 persons subject to impeachment and removal remain "liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law." [15]
Aside from saying that the House of Representatives has the sole power of impeachment and the Senate has the sole power to try impeachment charges, along with stipulating what constitutes an ...
The offices eligible for impeachment and removal would be governor, secretary of state, attorney general, treasurer, and labor commissioner. Oregon is the only state without an impeachment doctrine.
The impeached official and their counsel may also demur, arguing that the impeached official is not a civil official that can be subject to an impeachment, or argue that there are not sufficient grounds for impeachment in the articles brought against them. The impeached official may answer the articles brought against them. [13]
Everything you wanted to know about the president’s historic impeachment and Senate trial.
In some impeachment inquiries, legal counsel for the federal official that is the subject of the inquiry has been allowed to be involved. But there is no legal requirement that lawyers for the subject be given any accommodation for involvement, and in some instances there has been no such accommodation in impeachment inquiries. [10]