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Can a judge be impeached

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All three branches of government can be impeached, in fact history documents that they have been. As a point of history it is noted that it is used more often on Federal Judges because they are in office for life without impeachment: John Pickering, U.S. District Judge District of New Hampshire Impeached March 12th, 1804 (first judge impeached).


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