office. it has happened before. 15 federal judges have been impeached but only one, supreme court justice, samuel chase in 1804. he was easily acquitted in a similar era of partisan unrest. congress say kavanaugh may have lied to congress during his contentious confirmation. i m here today to tell the truth. kavanaugh s on the bench but that hasn t stopped many in the left from demanding the fight continue. there s only one obstacle. democrats don t control either chamber, making it a midterms outcome increasingly important. there s already splits in the party on whether to go after a sitting justice. will we seek truth to set the record straight? yes but that does not mean that we will be making a priority of impeachment or investigation. we would have to investigate any credible allegations certainly of perjury and other things that haven t been properly looked into.
once in the house in 1804. do you see this as a bruised party or something that could have the potential to go forward, sir? as far as what the house of representatives does, look, if the democrats took control of the house, it would be their prerogative, they could decide to do that. i don t think there s a valid basis for doing it. that s not the end of the process. they have a check and balance on them. if it does and comes over to the senate removing someone who is impeached in the house rekwierdz two-thirds super majority vote in the senate and i don t see that as likely. senator, this is dana perino, good to see you today. i wanted to ask you about going forward. now there s no longer a 60-vote threshold for a supreme court nominee, do you think what we ve seen in the last two months and in particular last two weeks is basically going to be an embodiment what we can expect going forward? oh, i sure hope not, dana. this has been disastrous, hurtful to the american people, hu
had a killer wig. in 1796 george washington appointed samuel chase to supreme court. he served on the court for eight years until president thomas jefferson tried to kick him out. in 1804 jefferson pushed to have the supreme court justice samuel chase impeached. chase had a volcanic personality. he was seen as an extreme partisan, and leaders in washington thought chase was no longer able to make fair decisions on the court. and so thomas jefferson orchestrated impeachment proceedings against him. he said he would wipe the floor with samuel chase. thomas jefferson did not wipe the floor with chase, and he remained on the court despite concerns he was too partisan. appointments to the supreme court are for life, there are no take backs. but the founders granted the congress the exact same method for removing justice for violating oaths of office that they granted against pre-s,
in 1796 george washington appointed samuel chase to supreme court. he served on the court for eight years until president thomas jefferson tried to kick him out. in 1804 jefferson pushed to have the supreme court justice impeached. he was seen as an extreme partisan and leaders in washington thought chase was no longer able to make fair decisions on the court, and so thomas jefferson orchestrated m impeachment proceedings against him. he said he would wipe the floor with samuel chase. tau thomas jefferson did not wipe the floor with chase, and he remained on the court despite the fact he was partisan. starting in the house with a trial on the senate.
old party of lincoln. they re just sitting this one out. it s inconvenient for some, and i think that trump needs to pay a very heavy price for this and the republican party, i think, really needs to distance themselves really quickly. he has no right to speak the word king and also no right to speak the word haiti. i m not sure he understands haiti s history. this was a country of west african slaves, beaten down and subjugated until 1791 when they rose up and fought one of the greatest empires in the world at that point, the french. and until 1804, this band of revolutionaries, they won. they rose up and secured their independence for themselves. now, they ve had a tough road since. some decades of challenge and many in between.