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The Wayne ([personal profile] thewayne) wrote2024-07-05 08:18 am
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Can you impeach people for perjury?

"I believe that no one is above the law under our system and that includes the president."
-- now-Chief Justice John Roberts in his 2005 confirmation hearing

"No person in this country, no matter how high or powerful, is above the law."
-- Justice Samuel Alito, in his 2006 confirmation hearing

"We're all equal before the law...The foundation of our Constitution was that... the presidency would not be a monarchy...[T]he president is not above the law, no one is above the law."
-- Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Senate in 2018

Supreme Court justices are not immune from impeachment by Congress. I'm just not certain if it falls under high crimes and misdemeanors.
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[personal profile] silveradept 2024-07-05 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Perjury is a crime that could be impeachable, but that would require the House to pass articles, and based on how much they let fools like the Representative from Georgia, the Representative from Alabama, and the Representative from Colorado run their mouths instead of keeping them away from all camera opportunities, I can't imagine they'd be willing to impeach the people that are bringing about their preferred government.

Of code, given the recent rulings from the court, the Executive could just decide those justices that were foolish enough to give him that power should Find Out what that actually means.
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[personal profile] conuly 2024-07-05 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
If things keep going on this way then impeachment will be the least of their concerns - or anybody else's!
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[personal profile] madamoiselle_sambuca 2024-07-05 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I say impeach. :(
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[personal profile] armiphlage 2024-07-05 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Since beliefs can change, they would argue that at that specific instant that they said it, they honestly believed that.

Not that I would believe them.
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[personal profile] disneydream06 2024-07-06 10:01 am (UTC)(link)
I have seen headlines saying that two different people were going to impeach all or some of them.
Of course if the vote has to go through the House we know how that vote will come out. :o :o :o
Hugs, Jon
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[personal profile] disneydream06 2024-07-07 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
Yeppers........
Our government is beyond dysfunctional and laughable. :o
Well, laughable to a point and then maddening because it's not running the country one iota. ARGH.......