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monocularvision | 2 months ago

They could still be impeached by the legislative branch.

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mothballed|2 months ago

The thing authorizing that -- the constitution. So unless the legislative can ignore the "interpretation" for the purposes of impeachment, the court can simply "interpret" the part that you think authorizes impeachment to just mean something like "the meaning of life is 54."

monocularvision|2 months ago

To be honest I am not sure if you are even discussing this in good faith anymore. The idea that the Supreme Court could render impeachment of them null and void and the legislative and executive branches would just be :shrugging-emoji: is a little silly.

Yes, the court’s job is to interpret the law. But the Constitution is not code and the judges are not the CPU. Ultimately, the rule of law will always be dependent on people.

etchalon|2 months ago

The justices would be jailed by the executive, swiftly, if they refused to acknowledge impeachment.