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As of December 2019, there have been 66 federal judges or Supreme Court Justices investigated for impeachment. [1] Usually, misbehavior is brought to the attention of a legislator, who may call upon the United States House Committee on the Judiciary to investigate.
The impeachment of Samuel Chase, an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, was politically motivated. [1] A high-profile affair at the time, [2] the impeachment pitted the two major United States political parties of the era against each other amid a battle between the parties over, among other things, what the role of Federal courts should look like. [3]
In 1804, Chase was impeached by the House of Representatives on grounds of letting his partisan leanings affect his court decisions, but was acquitted the following year by the Senate and remained in office. He is the only United States Supreme Court Justice to have ever been impeached.
Only one Supreme Court Justice has ever been impeached. Here’s how the process works and what happened the only time it succeeded. How Impeaching a Supreme Court Justice Works
The HJC voted to end the investigation on July 16. Marshall's writ eventually went to the United States Supreme Court where Chief Justice White issued the opinion of the court on April 23, 1917. The Court granted the writ and released Marshall from custody. [Marshall v. Gordon, 243 U.S. 521 (1916)]. [63]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said impeachment was in order for the Supreme Court justices who testified during the Senate confirmation hearings that they believed Roe vs. Wade was ...
On Wednesday, Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "Congress has a legal, moral and democratic obligation to impeach." Ocasio-Cortez filed articles of impeachment against Supreme Court ...
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.