From: "Gary Britt" 

I believe one did resign because the prospects for impeachment were very
high, but you are correct the bar for impeaching and removing a supreme
court justice is as high as for impeaching and removing a President.

Gary

"Dave Ings"  wrote in message
news:43426607{at}w3.nls.net...
> 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.
> --
> Regards,
> Dave Ings,
> Toronto, Canada
>
> "Gregg N"  wrote in message
> news:4341f47f{at}w3.nls.net...
> > 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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