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In reply to the discussion: Scalia on Obama: 'What can he do to me?' [View all]Kablooie
(18,547 posts)47. That's strange.
I guess impeachment isn't really the correct way to deal with a justice who becomes mentally incompetent because it implies conscious outlawed behavior which is not this case.
I guess they could try to convince him to retire but it's strange there isn't any mechanism for replacing a mentally ill judge.
Maybe they thought that it is such a vaguely defined malady that it could be misused as a political move to unseat a judge.
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Only by Constitutional amendment. On that Scalia is correct. Supreme Court Justices
1monster
Jul 2012
#15
If they were given life tenure to buffer them against the slings and arrows of outrageous politics,
Dustlawyer
Jul 2012
#38
Were lecture tours big in the late 18th Century? Doubt if the idea even occurred to the
1monster
Jul 2012
#41
To be reinstated every 4-8 years when the political situation changes
4th law of robotics
Jul 2012
#46
No, not parroting. More like he is the dummy in a ventriloquist act and he has a hand shoved right
cstanleytech
Jul 2012
#17
What can the President do to you? Constitutionally, nothing... except ask Congress to impeach you.
DRoseDARs
Jul 2012
#10
WTH is a Supreme Court Justice doing on Fox "news" that is not a news channel in the least.
progressivebydesign
Jul 2012
#11
So he is only worried about the legal consequences of being a complete douchbag.
pennylane100
Jul 2012
#12
Hopefully that time will be when a democrat holds the whitehouse and or the dems
cstanleytech
Jul 2012
#18
Sotomayor has Diabetes, Clarence Thomas is Fit as a fiddle can you believe it.
crimson77
Jul 2012
#21
Judges have forgotten that they answer to the people. It's problematic and needs to be resolved. nt
Firebrand Gary
Jul 2012
#34