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impeachment of justices  

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  • A Supreme Court justice can be removed from office only through impeachment in the House of Representatives and conviction by two-thirds of the Senate. Only one Supreme Court justice, Samuel Chase, has ever been impeached. [Source: The Supreme Court A to Z; Impeachment of Justices]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-JC3B9JC9-K

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