Bad ‘Behaviour’
You might note, in the
above paragraph, that the Constitution does not specifically state that a
Supreme Court justice is appointed for life. Rather, it says the
justices “shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour,” which has
always been understood to mean until he or she died, retired or was
impeached for bad “Behaviour.”
Unlike the president, who
can be removed only if convicted of “high crimes and misdemeanors,” a
justice can theoretically be removed for anything short of “good
Behaviour,” which is not defined at all in the document and would seem
to leave room for any amount of mischief.
But this
hasn’t occurred. Only one justice in history, Associate Justice Samuel
Chase in 1805, has ever been impeached, which is the first step in the
removal process, the one that occurs in the House. But he was not
convicted at his Senate trial and was not removed.
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