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The report included four articles of impeachment against Judge Claiborne. On July 22, Claiborne was formally impeached by the House, becoming the first person to be impeached in fifty years. The trial in the senate was held before a special committee, except for the closing arguments, which were held before the full Senate.
The California Constitution, as authored in 1849, empowered the State Assembly to impeach and the State Senate to try impeachments. As originally written, officials that could be impeached were the governor , lieutenant governor , attorney general , comptroller , secretary of state , surveyor general, treasurer , justices of the Supreme Court ...
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia (if the chief justice is disqualified, then the presiding justice of the Supreme Court is to preside. If the presiding justice too is disqualified, then the Senate is to select another justice of the Supreme Court to preside) None specified [22] Guam (territory) (no impeachment clause) Hawaii
Like in any other impeachment process—including for Presidents and judges—the power to impeach a Supreme Court Justice first lies with the House of Representatives.
Numerous federal officials in the United States have been threatened with impeachment and removal from office. [1] Despite numerous impeachment investigations and votes to impeach a number of presidents by the House of Representatives, only three presidents in U.S. history have had articles of impeachment approved: Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump (twice), all of which were ...
Jesse Washington Carter (December 19, 1888 – March 15, 1959) was an American lawyer and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California from September 12, 1939 to March 15, 1950. Biography [ edit ]
Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court; In office November 25, 1921 – January 1, 1926: Appointed by: Governor William Stephens: Preceded by: Lucien Shaw: Succeeded by: Jesse W. Curtis Sr. Presiding Justice of the California Court of Appeals, First District; In office January 1, 1919 – November 24, 1921: Appointed by: Governor ...
For the first time in decades, the California Supreme Court has taken a citizen initiative off the ballot before voters could weigh in. Justices on the state’s highest court unanimously ruled ...