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Prof. Michael Broyde (Emory) on "When Judges Stop Behaving Well"

"Article III life tenure is not a shield for misconduct in chambers. It is a constitutional trust conditioned on good behavior."

Reason · Jun 10

What Trump Should Learn From the Impeachment of Justice Samuel Chase

Trump wants to purge the federal bench of judges who disagree with him. Thomas Jefferson did too, and it didn't work out.

Reason · Mar 27, 2025

Alien and Sedition Acts were reviled in their time, and John Adams was not sorry to see them go

When John Adams became the second president of the United States in 1797, he inherited from George Washington a new experiment in government and a bit of a mess. The country’s two political parties – the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans – were increasingly hostile to one another, and the young…

The Conversation · Mar 12, 2025

Congress has clashed with Supreme Court justices over ethics in the past

The Thomas-Crow connection recalls past relationships that caught the attention of Congress, resulting in hearings that undermined a potential chief justice and the court's longest-serving member.

WEKU · Apr 22, 2023

The last time a justice was impeached

Impeaching high court justices is even more of a rarity in U.S. history than impeaching presidents

Salon · Sep 6, 2022

Ginni Thomas pressed 29 lawmakers in bid to overturn Trump loss, emails show

Wife of supreme court justice Clarence Thomas accused of ‘undermining democracy’ after Washington Post revelation

The Guardian - US · Jun 11, 2022