Reconfirmation of Federal Judges: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments Of..., 92-2, May 19, 19721973 - 347 pages |
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... Conviction of , Treason , Bribery , or other high Crimes , and Misdemeanors . " Any change in the tenure provision " during good Behavior " would require a Constitutional Amendment . There are pending before the 92nd Congress at least ...
... Conviction of , Treason , Bribery , or other high Crimes , and Misdemeanors . " Any change in the tenure provision " during good Behavior " would require a Constitutional Amendment . There are pending before the 92nd Congress at least ...
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... conviction . Only fifty - five federal judges have been the subject of Congressional scrutiny— seventen resigned and eight were censured . " 45 Commentators have wrangled for years as to what constitutes an impeachable offense for the ...
... conviction . Only fifty - five federal judges have been the subject of Congressional scrutiny— seventen resigned and eight were censured . " 45 Commentators have wrangled for years as to what constitutes an impeachable offense for the ...
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... conviction was sufficient to insulate a decision from federal collateral attack . The ensuing wave of petitions has borne out the dire predictions of the dissenters . The result of this case has been the subjection of nearly every state ...
... conviction was sufficient to insulate a decision from federal collateral attack . The ensuing wave of petitions has borne out the dire predictions of the dissenters . The result of this case has been the subjection of nearly every state ...
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... conviction by 5 of 7 judges elected by Senate ( Art . VII § 2 ) . House majority of members- 2 % Senate elected ( Art . V §§ 16 and 17 ) . For corrupt conduct in office , or for crimes and misdemeanors . Treason , bribery , other high ...
... conviction by 5 of 7 judges elected by Senate ( Art . VII § 2 ) . House majority of members- 2 % Senate elected ( Art . V §§ 16 and 17 ) . For corrupt conduct in office , or for crimes and misdemeanors . Treason , bribery , other high ...
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... conviction whereof would tend to bring his office into public contempt . Habitual drunkenness , crimes , corrupt con- duct , or malfeasance or misdemeanor in office . For any misdemeanor in office . Wilful neglect of duty , corruption ...
... conviction whereof would tend to bring his office into public contempt . Habitual drunkenness , crimes , corrupt con- duct , or malfeasance or misdemeanor in office . For any misdemeanor in office . Wilful neglect of duty , corruption ...
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Page 258 - It is essential to the preservation of the rights of every individual, his life, liberty, property, and character that there be an impartial interpretation of the laws, and administration of justice. It is the right of every citizen to be tried by judges as free, impartial, and independent as the lot of humanity will admit.
Page 40 - Amendment is perverted when it is held to prevent the natural outcome of a dominant opinion, unless it can be said that a rational and fair man necessarily would admit that the statute proposed would infringe fundamental principles as they have been understood by the traditions of our people and our law.
Page 43 - But I know also, that laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths disclosed, and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times.
Page 39 - But a constitution is not intended to embody a particular economic theory, whether of paternalism and the organic relation of the citizen to the State or of laissez jaire. It is made for people of fundamentally differing views...
Page 66 - The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution. By a limited Constitution I understand one which contains certain specified exceptions to the legislative authority; such, for instance, as that it shall pass no bills of attainder, no ex post facto laws, and the like.
Page 90 - In order to lay a due foundation for that separate and distinct exercise of the different powers of Government, which to a certain extent is admitted on all hands to be essential to the preservation of liberty, it is evident that each department should have a will of its own ; and consequently should be so constituted, that the members of each should have as little agency as possible in the appointment of the members of the others.
Page 23 - ... dependence of the former on the latter, notwithstanding a nominal and apparent separation; that as, from the natural feebleness of the judiciary, it is in continual jeopardy of being overpowered, awed, or influenced by its coordinate branches; and that, as nothing can contribute so much to its firmness and independence as permanency in office, this quality may therefore be justly regarded as an indispensable ingredient in its constitution, and, in a great measure, as the citadel of the public...
Page 180 - For it is quite evident that one who holds his office only during the pleasure of another, cannot be depended upon to maintain an attitude of independence against the latter's will.
Page 88 - In the government of this commonwealth, the legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or either of them : the executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them: the judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive powers, or either of them : to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men.
Page 123 - Judges' Commissions be made Quamdiu se bene gesserint, and their salaries ascertained and established ; but upon the Address of both Houses of Parliament it may be lawful to remove them.