william o. douglas was the supreme court justice that was impeached.
who is the supreme court justice that was impeached?
william o. douglas
federalists, after having lost the presidency and congress, had a stronghold in the supreme court, presided over by chief justice john marshall. one highly partisan justice, samuel chase, had irked president jefferson by highly charged partisan attacks on his character, calling him a "jacobin". jefferson, after becoming president, urged congress to impeach chase. the house initiated impeachment in late 1804, and the senate tried but acquitted him, partially on the realization that while chase's actions had been reprehensible, it was more important to preserve an independent judiciary. the congressional action had the effect of chastening the supreme court whose members, from that point on, generally, refrained from open character attacks on members of congress and the president, and limited their criticisms to the judicial aspects of congressional and presidential decisions. chase was the only supreme court justice impeached by congress.
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bullet::::- louis brandeis, u.s. supreme court justice, 1916–1939





























bullet::::- stephen g. breyer, u.s. supreme court justice, 1994–present





























bullet::::- benjamin n. cardozo, u.s. supreme court justice, 1932–1938





























bullet::::- abe fortas, u.s. supreme court justice, 1965–1969





























bullet::::- felix frankfurter, u.s. supreme court justice, 1939–1962





























bullet::::- ruth bader ginsburg, u.s. supreme court justice, 1993–present





























bullet::::- arthur j. goldberg, u.s. supreme court justice, 1962–1965





























bullet::::- elena kagan, u.s. supreme court justice, 2010-present
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