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What is the term of a federal judge?
it is a lifetime appointment.. meaning you would have to be impeached or retire from the bench to no longer be a federal judge
What is the the term length of federal judge?
it is a lifetime appointment.. meaning you would have to be impeached or retire from the bench to no longer be a federal judge
Who can impeach and convict judges for serious crimes?
For federal judges, the answer is Congress. Federal judges can be impeached by the House of Representatives and tried by the Senate.
What is the length of a federal judge's term?
Federal judges serve for life unless they commit a crime.
Federal judges are appointed for life and cannot be removed?
A federal judge is appointed for "life" however they can be impeached. They are also required to abide by certain rules and regulations of course.
Can a judge be impeached?
Yes.
Does impeachment of the president have to go through the senate?
Yes and no. First, to be impeached does NOT mean to be removed. Also, not all elected officials can be impeached, for example the president, VP and federal judges CAN be impeached. If an elected official is impeached, it means he/she is formally charged with one or more crimes. The US House of Representatives impeaches with a majority vote. The impeached official must now stand trial in the US Senate. The 100 Senators act as the jury and the VP, as President of the Senate, acts as the judge, unless the person on trial is the president or himself/herself. In this case the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court acts as the judge. A 2/3 vote of the Senate is needed to convict the accused and remove him/her from office.
What can a president or other officers be impeached for?
treason, bribery and other high crimes
What can a president be impeached for?
crimes or doing something unconstitutional.
Did the Judiciary Act of 1801 allow federal judges to be impeached?
No. The Constitution allows federal judges to be impeached for "high crimes and misdemeanors," the same as the US President. The Judiciary Act of 1801 reorganized the federal court system and added six new circuit courts that relieved the Supreme Court justices of their circuit riding responsibilities and shifted some judicial power from the states to the federal government.
Can federal officials be impeached?
All government officials can be impeached and its the safeguard against corruption at the federal level. The president can be impeached as well as any other holder of public office.
Which two branches of government are subject to impeachment?
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).
