Impeachment of John Pickering

[eccieuser9500]

Progress is always in progress.

John Pickering served as chief justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature and as a judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. However, he is most remembered as the first federal officer to be impeached.


Early Career of John Pickering

Pickering was born on September 22, 1737, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Upon graduating Harvard University, he began a private law practice. Pickering entered public service in 1983 and served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives until 1787. While Pickering was nominated to represent New Hampshire at the Constitutional Convention, he elected to continue practicing law. In 1790, Pickering was appointed to the New Hampshire Superior Court and ultimately became its Chief Justice.


Federal Judgeship

On February 10, 1795, President George Washington nominated Pickering to preside on the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and assumed the office two months later. After five years on the bench, Pickering began to show signs of cognitive decline. In 1801, Judge Jeremiah Smith was asked to fulfill Pickering’s duties.


Impeachment of John Pickering

After years of poor health, Pickering had developed a reputation for “ravings, cursings, and crazed incoherences.” As part of his effort to remove Federalist judges from office, President Thomas Jefferson suggested that Pickering’s embarrassing conduct and alleged unlawful rulings amounted to an impeachable offense. Because Pickering refused to resign, Jefferson argued that impeachment was the only way to remove him from the bench.

Pickering was charged with mental instability and intoxication on the bench and impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives on March 2, 1803. The articles of impeachment stated, in part:

Pickering was convicted by the U.S. Senate and removed from office on March 12, 1804. Pickering’s impeachment was controversial, in large part because the Constitution defines impeachable offenses as “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” While Pickering may have been unfit to serve as a federal judge, he had not committed any crime. Critics argued that if Pickering could be removed from federal office for his bizarre behavior, Congress could rely on impeachment to remove others for political reasons.

For more information on Federal Impeachments, please visit the Impeachment of Federal Judges in our interactive Constitution section.

https://constitutionallawreporter.co...e-impeachment/

[bambino]

Who else are you stupid fucks going to impeach?

[eccielover]

Originally Posted by eccieuser9500

Pickering entered public service in 1983 and served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives until 1787

HOLY SHIT!!!!

[oeb11]

Trying to set a precedent for Trump?
Don't deny!


Why don't you DPST's go ahead and send the Articles of Impeachment to a vote - and then to the Senate.

Nooooo!
Too chicken to do it.

all you got is BS from 200+ years ago!
Every american is aware of the real charges - Trump won Nov 2016 and still Breathes in the Oval Office which all DPST's know belong to H.....


Take heart- DPST's - H.... will emerge at the convention and will be the DPST nominee again in 2020!!!
LOL

[eccieuser9500]

Originally Posted by eccielover

HOLY SHIT!!!!

That was a copy and past job. You got me though.

[dilbert firestorm]

the impeachment of a judge follows a different process. they can be impeached for "bad behavior".

https://constitutionallawreporter.co...ederal-judges/

The impeachment of federal judges, in fact, is often an even more murky process than the impeachment of other officials. While Article II, Section 4 contains some vague guidelines for what warrants impeachment proceedings – and this section relates to federal officials in general – Article Three only explains that judges are supposed to remain in office only while in “good Behavior.” This is an incredibly open-ended standard. Only 15 federal judges have ever been impeached and only eight have ever been convicted and removed (most recently, Judge Thomas Porteous of Louisiana in 2010). But even then, the “articles of impeachment,” the list of misconduct the accused is on trial for, have described quite a wide range of inappropriate behavior.

[Unique_Carpenter]

Originally Posted by bambino

Who else are you stupid fucks going to impeach?

Nancy & Adam

[dilbert firestorm]

oh btw, I emailed the website owner of the Pickering error.

[eccieuser9500]

Thanks. I'm sure they would appreciate it.

[Levianon17]

Originally Posted by bambino

Who else are you stupid fucks going to impeach?

Anyone who scares these mutants, lol.

[rexdutchman]

Ludicrous , now is time for evidence ,, IF they have any ,,, other then opinion and I feel by disgruntled employee's

[HoeHummer]

Why are youse always laughing at everything, dutchbag? Is that because you find everything funny or is it that you suffer some uncontrollables condition, like illiteracy? Not sure that’s PeeCee, but the cat is out of the bag now, eh?

[oeb11]

devolved to name-caliing and scatology - typical for Outraged" DPST's.

No imagination!