Can these so-called justices be disbarred?
Supreme Court Un-Separates Church and State
[bloomberg.com] & [bloomberg.com]
[theguardian.com]
The justices have effectively ended the centuries-old constitutional ban on direct state aid for the teaching of religion. The Framers would be dumbfounded.
In an extremely important church-and-state decision, the Supreme Court has held that if the state of Maine decides to pay for a child’s private education in lieu of a public one, it must allow its tuition money to be used at religious schools. The 6–3 decision, Carson v. Makin, profoundly undermines existing First Amendment law.
It represents the end of the centuries-old constitutional ban on direct state aid to the teaching of religion. And remarkably, it does all this in the name of religious liberty, giving the free-exercise clause of the First Amendment primacy over the establishment clause found in the exact same amendment.
They are appointed for life, but can be impeached and removed by a 2/3 vote in the Senate. Not likely, especially with either republican control of either house or a closely divided congress.
The law and the constitution is what the justices say it is. They are the ultimate arbiters, the sole judges.
They don't care what you think, or what I think for that matter.
One question: would the tuition money pay the entire fee at a religious school?
I ask because property taxes funded the public schools, which my father did not use.
He paid those property taxes, and paid much more to send his five kids to Catholic schools.
Before he died he knew we had all quit the RCC.
Only one justice was ever impeached, during Jefferson's tenure. One other one, Fortes, resigned under the threat of impeachment in 1969 (?).
They can be impeached, but the likelihood of that happening is pretty low.
It's much like the presidential Impeachment process.
While the House could impeach, it's highly unlikely that the Senate would convict.
Too many republicans, as in 45's trial, would vote to acquit.
Another reason why it's imperative to vote out as many republicans as possible.
Abe Fortas was centured. He didn't have to resign. He was preceded by Arthur Goldberg who also stepped down, stupidly to became UN Ambassador. GOP forced Fortas out and Nixon was able to appoint Harry Blackmun, who fortunately was an excellent Associate Justice.