Tag: US District Court Judge

Alcee L. Hastings, a judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, was impeached on charges of perjury and conspiring to solicit a bribe. He was removed from office in 1989, but went on to serve in the U.S. House of Represen...

Harry E. Claiborne, a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, was impeached and removed from office on charges of income tax evasion in 1986. It was the first time that a judge had been impeached in more than five decades. Legal...

Halsted L Ritter, who served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, was impeached and removed from office in 1936. Ritter challenged the impeachment by arguing that he was not convicted on any specific charge but only “gen...