From: "Dave Ings" 

Ok, let me rephrase that :-) there don't appear to be any *practical*
mechanisms, since AFAIK no Supreme Court justice has ever been impeached by
the Legislature. Plenty of Presidents have been voted out of office and/or
impeached.
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Regards,
Dave Ings,
Toronto, Canada

"Gregg N"  wrote in message
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> Dave Ings wrote:

> >One obvious difference, BTW, is that there are mechanisms to turf the
> >President if their (say) non-traditional qualifications turned out to be
a
> >bad fit for the job. Doesn't appear to be any such mechanism for Supreme
> >Court justices.
> >
> >
> See
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_powers
>
> and note especially "Power to impeach and remove judges".
>
> Gregg

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