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No. Impeachment isn't a legal proceeding, but a political process used to remove an official from public office. The Constitution gave exclusive authority over impeachment to Congress, the Legislative branch of government. The US Supreme Court has no authority or jurisdiction over such matters.

This question was explored in Nixon v. United States, 506 US 224 (1993) [No relation to former US President Richard Nixon, see United States v. Nixon, (1974)]. An impeached Mississippi US District Court judge, Walter Nixon, appealed the Senate's impeachment ruling to the US Supreme Court. The Court held that impeachment proceedings are non-justiciable, and are political matters, or the province of Congress. The 1993 Nixon case set a formal precedent preventing officials from appealing their impeachment in court.

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