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Can a sitting Supreme Court Justice be charged, (Original Post) duforsure Mar 2022 OP
Why would they not be able to be charged ? Sherman A1 Mar 2022 #1
Just asking if its possible, duforsure Mar 2022 #2
Immaculate Prosecution? I don't see anybody rushing to hold him or her responsible. dem4decades Mar 2022 #3
Yes, and so can his wife. elleng Mar 2022 #4
"judge man not by his clothes, but by his wife's clothes"..Thomas Dewar agingdem Mar 2022 #7
+1000 Nailed it FakeNoose Mar 2022 #9
Sure DetroitLegalBeagle Mar 2022 #5
Yes... but it wouldn't remove them from the court FBaggins Mar 2022 #6
No one is above the law... 2naSalit Mar 2022 #8
They'll come up with a carve-out for that. So my guess is that, in practice, no. Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #10
They can try but it won't fly. The fix is in when leftyladyfrommo Mar 2022 #11

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
1. Why would they not be able to be charged ?
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 04:57 AM
Mar 2022

I don’t believe you will happen, but there is no reason it could not.

duforsure

(11,884 posts)
2. Just asking if its possible,
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 05:03 AM
Mar 2022

And can be done legally , and there's not some hidden law preventing it.

agingdem

(7,805 posts)
7. "judge man not by his clothes, but by his wife's clothes"..Thomas Dewar
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 06:25 AM
Mar 2022

My late husband was a prominent attorney..we were married for almost 50 years before he died...because of my decades long proximity to his profession..judges, attorneys, dinners, parties, conferences etc...I was privy to a lot of information I had no business knowing and the reason I was never chosen for jury duty..but I intuitively knew what not to say, what not to do because of the impact on my family and my husband's profession...Clarence knew and to claim otherwise is bullshit...ignorance is no defense..

FBaggins

(26,721 posts)
6. Yes... but it wouldn't remove them from the court
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 06:05 AM
Mar 2022

Nor is it even slightly plausible to charge someone with sedition because their spouse once texted someone who (weeks later) would be associated with an event that some would label as sedition.

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