Showing papers by "Keith E. Whittington published in 1995"
TL;DR: The only United States Supreme Court justice who has ever been impeached was Chase as mentioned in this paper. But only four votes of the House of Representatives voted to remove Chase from office, and only one vote of the Senate voted to reinstall him.
Abstract: Only the United States supreme court justice has ever been impeached. In January 1804, the House of Representatives began a formal inquiry into the official conduct of Associate Justice Samuel Chase and approved eight articles of impeachment in November of that same year. The Senate held a trial of the justice in February 1805, which concluded with his acquittal on March 1. On the final article of impeachment, Chase escaped removal by four votes.
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