April 02, 2025
How to Remove a Judge without Impeachment
Timothy Birdnow
Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs comes up with a novel way to remove obstructionist judges.
Drew Berquist dishes:
The congressman is proposing a new approach that bypasses the traditional impeachment process, which requires a two-thirds majority in the Senate, by invoking Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution.
"Most Americans believe that there is lifetime tenure for a federal judge. That unless impeached, a federal judge can serve until death,” Biggs told Just the News.
"But lifetime tenure is not guaranteed, nor mentioned, in the Constitution. Article III, Section 1 permits a federal judge to serve only ‘during good behavior.’”
Federal judges do not have lifetime tenure.
They can remain on their bench only when they’re engaged in good conduct.
If they fail to regulate themselves, Congress must step in and remove corrupt judges. pic.twitter.com/oo1fdOORKN
— Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) March 26, 2025
Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs comes up with a novel way to remove obstructionist judges.
Drew Berquist dishes:
The congressman is proposing a new approach that bypasses the traditional impeachment process, which requires a two-thirds majority in the Senate, by invoking Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution.
"Most Americans believe that there is lifetime tenure for a federal judge. That unless impeached, a federal judge can serve until death,” Biggs told Just the News.
"But lifetime tenure is not guaranteed, nor mentioned, in the Constitution. Article III, Section 1 permits a federal judge to serve only ‘during good behavior.’”
Federal judges do not have lifetime tenure.
They can remain on their bench only when they’re engaged in good conduct.
If they fail to regulate themselves, Congress must step in and remove corrupt judges. pic.twitter.com/oo1fdOORKN
— Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) March 26, 2025
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Posted by: lora at April 02, 2025 08:44 PM (tchon)
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Alas, I greatly fear that the standard of "good behavior" was one thing to the drafters of the Constitution but quite another to today's interpreters. This is especially so considering that the current cases deal with politics, and the people on one side of the aisle will consider that their judges are behaving perfectly, in trying to thwart the President, who is on the other side.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at April 02, 2025 11:14 PM (Idemf)
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You have a gift for making complex ideas feel simple and approachable. This post was a joy to read cheapestsmmpanel
Posted by: SMM World Panel at April 03, 2025 01:50 AM (H5CXu)
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Very true Dana; the Left has systematically changed the meaning of words to their benefit over the years.
I remember James Carville calling Bill Clinton "the most moral man in America". To us that sounds utterly ridiculous but in HIS lexicon moral meant holding the "correct" political positions, not behaving in a moral fashion.
I remember James Carville calling Bill Clinton "the most moral man in America". To us that sounds utterly ridiculous but in HIS lexicon moral meant holding the "correct" political positions, not behaving in a moral fashion.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at April 03, 2025 05:53 AM (ZL1Uz)
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The clause in question is similar to "a militia being necessary" in the second amendment. Fluff, preliminary to the declaratory part of the amendment. In this case it is the predecessor of the part providing for expulsion by means of impeachment. Drew Berquist is an idiot. The idea the a judge could be accused of bad behavior and removed from the bench without impeachment is absurd.
Posted by: Bill H] at April 03, 2025 09:04 AM (Q7br2)
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Yeah, Bill, I fear you have nailed it. Just as we can't remove a president for bad behavior without impeachment. Heck, we can't even remove one for bad behavior WITH impeachment.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at April 04, 2025 12:12 AM (ys6Rn)
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Posted by: SMM Panel at April 04, 2025 04:05 AM (H5CXu)
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I agree Bill; it's just the grounds given for impeachment, not another mechanism put in place. And as Dana says we cannot remove them WITH impeachment, much less with some novel parliamentary trick.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at April 04, 2025 07:07 AM (vGBjQ)
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