Bybee you may be next -Judge Samuel Kent Impeached By House

[malaise]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/19/judge-samuel-kent-impeach_n_218230.html
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The House on Friday impeached a federal judge imprisoned for lying about sexual assaults of two women in the first such vote since impeaching former President Bill Clinton a decade ago.

The impeachment of U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent of Texas sets up a trial in the Senate. Kent is the first federal judge impeached in 20 years.

The House approved four articles of impeachment against Kent accusing him of sexually assaulting two female employees and lying to judicial investigators and Justice Department officials. All four articles passed unanimously.

"The conduct at issue here is both shocking and shameful," Michigan Democratic Rep. John Conyers, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said at the start of the debate.

Kent, 59, entered a federal prison in Massachusetts on Monday to serve a 33-month sentence. He pleaded guilty last month to lying to judicial investigators about sexual assaults of two female employees.

Kent is refusing to resign until next year so he can continue to draw his $174,000 a year salary. If he is convicted of the impeachment charges in the Senate, he will be forced off the bench.
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No salary for Kent.
Bybee you're next

[Tangerine LaBamba]

1. There goes his pension!!!

That was the biggest point of the impeachment. Without it, he could continue to draw his pension.

Excellent news!!!

[malaise]

6. Perfect

Great pic.

[NC_Nurse]

2. Yay! Sorry, but you don't deserve your salary you sexist jerk!

[ColbertWatcher]

3. "Bybee you're next" would look awesome on a t-shirt and/or poster and/or bumpersticker. n/t

[ejpoeta]

4. it's ridiculous. why can't they friggin pass a damned law...

these people are in a position of authority, and you know that especially a judge is hard to accuse of anything. people on social security lose it don't they!! this is bullshit. Any elected or public official who is convicted of a crime should automatically lose all their benefits!!

[malaise]

5. Simple

They would be imposing penalties on themselves. Duh!!!