House Impeaches Judge Thomas Porteous…Only 15th in 207 Years

[The Straight Story]

House Impeaches Judge Thomas Porteous…Only 15th in 207 Years


Not a single member of the House of Representatives objected to the impeachment of Judge G. Thomas Porteous, making him the 15th judge indicted by Congress since the founding of the country. Lawmakers voted 412-0, 410-0, 416-0 and 423-0 on the four articles of impeachment brought against Porteous, who serves on the U.S. District Court in New Orleans.

The 16-year veteran of the federal bench has been accused of hiding relationships with lawyers who represented clients in Porteous’ court. The impeachment articles say he accepted money, meals and other gifts from attorneys and a bail bond company, and that he lied in a personal bankruptcy filing. Porteous was appointed by President Bill Clinton.

A 12-member Senate committee will now try Porteous, but it will take a two-thirds vote of the full Senate to have him removed.

Of the 15 judges to be impeached since 1803, five have been in the last 25 years. The most recent case was that of George H.W. Bush appointee Samuel Kent of Texas, who resigned before he could be tried. Kent is currently serving a prison serve for obstruction of justice after being accused of sexual abuse.

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[KansDem]

1. You know, it never fails to amaze me...

...how some people with everything going for them can fuck up so badly! I mean, I wonder how I'm going to make it from payday to payday--how I'm going to handle unexpected expenses, like car repairs or a broken water heater--how I'm going to "invest in the future" for my kids and my retirement, yet there are those among us who "have it made" (and I believe being a federal judge is "having it made" provided you do the minimum of what your position requires), who go on and do shit like this!

It just never fails to amaze me...

[HopeHoops]

2. Now how about Roberts, Thomas, and Alito?