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orangecrush

(30,936 posts)
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 11:49 AM Apr 29

Question - When we take control of Congress this November


Would it be possible, or desirable to haul certain members of the USSC in for hearings as a prelude to possible impeachment?
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JT45242

(4,100 posts)
1. Clarence and his finances for certain
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 12:11 PM
Apr 29

I doubt he has worried about covering up the bribes.

He ruled that gratuities are legal. So as long as the payola came in after the vote he and the sinister six have covered themselves

rampartd

(4,892 posts)
2. i would love to hear what their theory of "checks and balances' might be in an "immune" environment
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 12:12 PM
Apr 29

marble falls

(72,459 posts)
5. And if we do, they'll just ignore the subpoena and they'll get away with it. All Congress needs is a backbone.
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 12:41 PM
Apr 29

thatdemguy

(622 posts)
6. Pretty much no with out actual crimes be committed
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 12:51 PM
Apr 29

Say if a justice were to rob a bank, sure. But proving and convicting to the level of an impeachment for even low level crime conviction would be next to impossible.

pecosbob

(8,479 posts)
9. Impeachment is a political act, not legal. No violation of law is required to impeach.
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 03:44 PM
Apr 29

It only requires that sixty-six Senators have the will to do so.

EdmondDantes_

(2,011 posts)
10. There's no path to those votes without something more than we don't like them
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 03:52 PM
Apr 29

Sure in theory we could impeach them for that, but the odds are about equal to Thomas being abducted by aliens.

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