That's an offensive and disrespectful reply. The Constitution has a lot of flaws. (Here's another. Two senators per state creating the most malapportioned legislative body in the world.)
Am I supposed to accept all of the constitution as divinely inspired and exceptional? If as a judge or justice, you're never confronted in a systematic way with bad behavior, you have a lifetime appointment. Example (again): Clarence Thomas
Where did "accept" or "divinely inspired" come from? Not from me. But "exceptional," most certainly. And "lifetime appointment," most certainly not.
Don't take it personally. I was making fun of Judge Kacsmaryk, not you. I am sorry that I offended you.
Seriously, I appreciate your link to the piece about SCOTUS Justice Chase's impeachment, and I agree with your point that politicians treating impeachment as political is why it does very little to protect us from people abusing power. And since you brought it up . . .
One of the worst myths about Justice Chase's impeachment was that "A Federalist, Chase [merely] irked Thomas Jefferson and his Republican allies in Congress, and was impeached on [merely] politically motivated charges of acting in a partisan manner during several trials."
Justice Chase should have been convicted by the Senate, removed from office, tried in criminal court, and sentenced to prison for committing the same crime he was responsible for sentencing others for purportedly committing. He helped convict and imprison people under Section 2 of the Sedition Act of 1798 by blatantly, viciously and knowingly violating the express provisions of Section 2.
With his own words and deeds, Justice Chase abused his position and powers to clearly commit the crimes in Section 1 of the same Act. But he was saved by politicians being politicians--protecting people in power (because guess who abuses power). I'm sorry to say that the conduct of the federal judges we're discussing now reminds me of Justice Chase's abuses of power.
Semantics, is it? Is that the sum of your thoughts about our written Constitution?
Patt . . . Matt. Constitution . . . semantics. You're not Judge Matt Kacsmaryk (one of the infamous judges on the infamous letter), are you?
That's an offensive and disrespectful reply. The Constitution has a lot of flaws. (Here's another. Two senators per state creating the most malapportioned legislative body in the world.)
Am I supposed to accept all of the constitution as divinely inspired and exceptional? If as a judge or justice, you're never confronted in a systematic way with bad behavior, you have a lifetime appointment. Example (again): Clarence Thomas
Where did "accept" or "divinely inspired" come from? Not from me. But "exceptional," most certainly. And "lifetime appointment," most certainly not.
Don't take it personally. I was making fun of Judge Kacsmaryk, not you. I am sorry that I offended you.
Seriously, I appreciate your link to the piece about SCOTUS Justice Chase's impeachment, and I agree with your point that politicians treating impeachment as political is why it does very little to protect us from people abusing power. And since you brought it up . . .
One of the worst myths about Justice Chase's impeachment was that "A Federalist, Chase [merely] irked Thomas Jefferson and his Republican allies in Congress, and was impeached on [merely] politically motivated charges of acting in a partisan manner during several trials."
Justice Chase should have been convicted by the Senate, removed from office, tried in criminal court, and sentenced to prison for committing the same crime he was responsible for sentencing others for purportedly committing. He helped convict and imprison people under Section 2 of the Sedition Act of 1798 by blatantly, viciously and knowingly violating the express provisions of Section 2.
With his own words and deeds, Justice Chase abused his position and powers to clearly commit the crimes in Section 1 of the same Act. But he was saved by politicians being politicians--protecting people in power (because guess who abuses power). I'm sorry to say that the conduct of the federal judges we're discussing now reminds me of Justice Chase's abuses of power.