Federal Judges Can Be Impeached For Abusive Conduct On the Bench
Expert tell Senate panel that, before the 1920s, most judicial impeachments involved abuses of judicial power on the bench, rather than extra-judicial crimes.
Until the 1920s, most impeachments of federal judges involved abuse of power while on the bench.
For example, the U.S. House of Representatives impeached Missouri Judge James H. Peck in 1830 for misusing his contempt of court power by jailing an attorney for one day and disbarring him for 18 m…
