<div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/democratic-candidates-demand-kavanaugh-impeachment-after-new-allegation-in-times-piece/2019/09/15/3bdc160e-d7ce-11e9-ac63-3016711543fe_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/democratic-candidates-demand-kavanaugh-impeachment-after-new-allegation-in-times-piece/2019/09/15/3bdc160e-d7ce-11e9-ac63-3016711543fe_story.html</a> <div>------------------------------------</div><div><a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-2/section-4/impeachment">https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-2/section-4/impeachment</a>  <br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail-topic_block" type="anncon2" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div class="gmail-header" style="font-size:24px;box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bold;margin-left:auto;padding:10px;vertical-align:top;width:1218.66px;color:rgb(0,92,114)"><b style="box-sizing:border-box">Other Impeachments of Judges</b></div><p class="gmail-annotation" style="font-size:16px;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">The 1803 impeachment and conviction of Judge Pickering as well as several successful 20th century impeachments of judges appear to establish that judges may be removed for seriously questionable conduct that does not violate a criminal statute.<a class="gmail-footnote" id="gmail-fn874" title="" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-2/section-4/impeachment#fn874art2" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183);vertical-align:top;font-weight:700;font-size:12.8px;line-height:0.8em">874</a> The articles on which Judge Pickering was impeached and convicted focused on allegations of mishandling a case before him and appearing on the bench in an intemperate and intoxicated state.<a class="gmail-footnote" id="gmail-fn875" title="" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-2/section-4/impeachment#fn875art2" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183);vertical-align:top;font-weight:700;font-size:12.8px;line-height:0.8em">875</a> Both Judge Archbald and Judge Ritter were convicted on articles of impeachment that charged questionable conduct probably not amounting to indictable offenses.<a class="gmail-footnote" id="gmail-fn876" title="" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-2/section-4/impeachment#fn876art2" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183);vertical-align:top;font-weight:700;font-size:12.8px;line-height:0.8em">876</a></p><p class="gmail-annotation" style="font-size:16px;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">Of the three most recent judicial impeachments, Judges Claiborne and Nixon had previously been convicted of criminal offenses, and Judge Hastings had been acquitted of criminal charges after trial. The impeachment articles against Judge Hastings charged both the conduct for which he had been indicted and trial conduct. A separate question was what effect the court acquittal should have had.<a class="gmail-footnote" id="gmail-fn877" title="" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-2/section-4/impeachment#fn877art2" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183);vertical-align:top;font-weight:700;font-size:12.8px;line-height:0.8em">877</a></p><p class="gmail-annotation" style="font-size:16px;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">Although the language of the Constitution makes no such distinction, some argue that, because of the different nature of their responsibilities and because of different tenure, different standards should govern impeachment of judges and impeachment of executive officers.<a class="gmail-footnote" id="gmail-fn878" title="" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-2/section-4/impeachment#fn878art2" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183);vertical-align:top;font-weight:700;font-size:12.8px;line-height:0.8em">878</a></p><p class="gmail-annotation" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">--------------------------------</p><p class="gmail-annotation" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett</p></div></div></div>