Remember the right-wing frenzy over “Rich Men North of Richmond”? Well, this ruling exposes Trump-MAGA hypocrisy on the working class—and reveals a big media failure.
I guess genocide joe let this leopard judge chill out for 4 years without doing anything but eat ice cream cones. Let me guess - he couldn’t do anything about it.
“Only Congress has the authority to remove an Article III judge. This is done through a vote of impeachment by the House and a trial and conviction by the Senate. As of September 2017, only 15 federal judges have been impeached, and only eight have been convicted. Three others resigned before completion of impeachment proceedings.”
“G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives, March 11, 2010, on charges of accepting bribes and making false statements under penalty of perjury; Convicted by the U.S. Senate and removed from office, December 8, 2010.”
I guess genocide joe let this leopard judge chill out for 4 years without doing anything but eat ice cream cones. Let me guess - he couldn’t do anything about it.
Pretty much, once judges are installed, the only way to remove them is through impeachment and that’s not a process the Executive is involved in.
https://www.uscourts.gov/statistics-reports/judges-and-judicial-administration-journalists-guide
“Only Congress has the authority to remove an Article III judge. This is done through a vote of impeachment by the House and a trial and conviction by the Senate. As of September 2017, only 15 federal judges have been impeached, and only eight have been convicted. Three others resigned before completion of impeachment proceedings.”
List here:
https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/impeachments-federal-judges
Most recent impeachment:
“G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives, March 11, 2010, on charges of accepting bribes and making false statements under penalty of perjury; Convicted by the U.S. Senate and removed from office, December 8, 2010.”
Died 11 years later:
https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-new-orleans-bill-clinton-impeachments-congress-756a6f1a74c85e5570b44e30a05b11ee