I have a question DU...its only hypothetical at this point...

[yuiyoshida]

Provided we win the majority of the House, and maybe some of the Senate, could they Impeach Brett Kavanaugh (and Trump)? Or are we stuck with BEER DUDE for a while?

[joshcryer]

1. We got him for life.

Unless he does something that is horrendous with verified witnesses and video tape there's no chance of him being impeached.

[empedocles]

9. The bar for impeachment is set where the House sets it,

so said Jerry Ford.

[FBaggins]

16. And the bar for "convicting" in that impeachment

Is dramatically higher than blocking the appointment in the first place.

[empedocles]

17. That is true. However, if Dems get subpoena power,

as the evidence of kav and trump piles up, Senate becomes more likely to hold a decent trial. In itself that is good. Then, if the Senate, even with a Senate 'con majority, albeit slimmer majority, Senate at some point just may do what it is supposed to do.

[eleny]

2. 2/3 senate required for impeachment

but life can be hell at hearings that ferret deep into facts.

[yuiyoshida]

3. Is that for TRUMP too?

Omg.. please tell me we can Impeach Trump!

[pangaia]

8. If we win the house he COULD be impeached.

But that means sort of like indicting.

he would have to be convicted in the Senate,
that is NOT going to happen..

Sorry, Yuiyoshida...

[yuiyoshida]

10. Could be.., so you are hopeful or is that like

a long shot?

[pangaia]

13. In my opinion, impeaching will not accomplish anything..

like with Bill Clinton.

because the Senate will not convict him of whatever the impeachable offense is.

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. It's for Trump too, if you mean completing the process

Some will quibble and say "'impeach' means the House votes by a simple majority to get the Senate to hold the vote. Thus President Clinton was impeached." To remove Trump, or an SC justice, from office, ie what we actually need, rather than just a form of trial, the Senate vote must have a 2/3rd majority. That means 1/3rd of Senate Republicans must vote to remove them.

Which isn't going to happen unless they are shown guilty beyond all reasonable doubt of violent crimes or to have altered vote totals to 'elect' Trump. Anything below that (eg just conspiring with Putin to, say, fund the NRA, or hack Democrats) will get waved away by Republicans in safe seats.

[DrDan]

4. only for life . . . his

[yuiyoshida]

5. So I guess the Supreme Court are kind of like

The GODS on Olympus.. sigh... I am so glad, to be Buddhist.

[DrDan]

14. yes . . . kind of like that . . . until now

[unblock]

6. A house majority could impeach him, but it takes 2/3rds of the senate to remove. However,

He remains open to possible civil and possibly criminal liability.

That said, we might want to wait until there's a Democrat in the White House for anything that might remove him

[aeromanKC]

7. Perjury is a Federal Crime

If Dems get Subpoena power they can recover documents that prove Kavanaugh lied under oath to the Senate. That's Pokey time.

[empedocles]

11. If Dems get subpoena power, the game changes dramatically.

At a minimum they flood the news with 'con wrongdoings and Mueller indictments and prosecutions.

traitortrump and kav get impeached, possible Senate at some time tries their case, - but the main thing is Dems play offense, and bad guys play defense, [as trump tries to get away with whatever he can].

[bluestarone]

15. Could RUMP protect him?

[NotASurfer]

18. As long as it's hypothetical

I suppose the House could take the extraordinary step of subpoenaing a sitting Supreme Court Justice if there's a question of whatever kind of perjury you get from lying under oath to Congress

Not quite at the level of lying under oath to a Grand Jury I guess- think they pulled Bill Clinton's law license for that?- and likely to harden his partisan bias as a judge if that's even possible. And I'm not sure where to go with it.