1. How much of the House must agree to impeach a judge? How much of the Senate must agree to remove a judge?
A majority of the House must decide to impeach, while 2/3 of the Senate can convict the official.
2. Has this process ever been used before for the Supreme Court? How many times?
Yes, it can apply to SCOTUS officials. 13 judges have been impeached, while 8 have been removed from their positions.
3. Where in the Constitution does it set up the impeachment process?
Article II, Section 4 (Executive Branch article)
4. What are the reasons for the impeachments of the 5 most recent judicial impeachments?
clear, criminal wrongdoing (falsifying income tax returns, bribes and perjury)
5. Why does the current makeup of the Senate make it unlikely that Supreme Court justices Kavanaugh or Thomas would be removed if impeached today?
Both of these officials have massive support in the Senate, so it is hard for them to actually become removed from office unless they alienate their own party.
6. Why is it hard to tell which offenses are "impeachable offenses" for a justice?
Since the decision to indict and impeach is up to Congress, they can technically deem anything an impeachable offense as long as everyone agrees on it, which is why it is not very well defined.
A majority of the House must decide to impeach, while 2/3 of the Senate can convict the official.
Yes, it can apply to SCOTUS officials. 13 judges have been impeached, while 8 have been removed from their positions.
Article II, Section 4 (Executive Branch article)
clear, criminal wrongdoing (falsifying income tax returns, bribes and perjury)
Both of these officials have massive support in the Senate, so it is hard for them to actually become removed from office unless they alienate their own party.
Since the decision to indict and impeach is up to Congress, they can technically deem anything an impeachable offense as long as everyone agrees on it, which is why it is not very well defined.
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