I thought the last 3 justices appointed during tRump were all asked specifically if they would vote to overturn Roe v Wade and they all swore they wouldn't.
Isn't that grounds to get rid of them as well? Basically lying on your resume.
It's sketchy as hell and explains a lot about why the approval rating of the Supreme Court went steeply south.
But to get a conviction of a Supreme Court Justice for perjury, the prosecutor would have to convince twelve jurors unanimously, beyond all reasonable doubt, that
at the time they testified to Congress, they intentionally misled Congress. And the Justices' defense will be that they reconsidered their position. That they used their judgment to re-evaluate. Judges are asked to reconsider their positions routinely. And Judges sometimes change their minds. And long term precedents are sometimes overturned. Proving that the Justices at the time they testified to Congress said one thing at the precise moment that they intended to do something else, will be difficult. Because if they changed their mind after reconsideration, that's something we pay Judges to do as part of their job to use their judgment.
Having said that, I personally believe that this was a long term Federalist Society plan and that the current Supreme Court has too many GOP members who are part of the Federalist Society cult. They were appointed to achieve GOP policy goals that they can't get at the ballot box.
But they are all smart enough to be able to avoid perjury charges and ultimately are the Court of Last Resort on their own fates.
