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
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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