Ian’s Legal Fact of the Week 11/4/19: Impeachment of a Supreme Court Justice

Only one Supreme Court justice has faced impeachment: Samuel Chase, justice from 1796 to 1811. A signer of the Declaration of Independence (representing Maryland), Chase faced impeachment precipitated by President Thomas Jefferson’s belief that Chase had shown inappropriate political bias … Continue reading

Ian’s Legal Fact of the Week 1/27/14: The Only Impeachment Trial of a Supreme Court Justice

Only one Justice of the Supreme Court has ever faced impeachment: Samuel Chase,  signer of the Declaration of Independence, was appointed by President George Washington and served from 1796 – 1811. In 1805, articles of impeachment were brought against him in … Continue reading