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In the Constitution, the judicial branch of the United States government is involved in impeachment in two ways. The first is that a member of the judicial branch, whether the Supreme Court, district courts, or federal appeals circuit court, can be impeached by the House of Representatives and removed from office by the Senate. This has happened to a sitting federal justice just a few times—fifteen to be exact—with eight justices actually removed from office. The judiciary's other involvement in the impeachment process is that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presides over removal proceedings in the Senate if the president has been impeached.