3 comments

  • lordloki 2 minutes ago
    So?!? Why is this on HN?
  • u1hcw9nx 1 hour ago
    Investigation and disbarment would be just symbolic act.

    The U.S. Constitution does not actually require a Supreme Court Justice to be a licensed attorney. Disbarment would have no effect for his work.

    • JumpCrisscross 46 minutes ago
      > Investigation and disbarment would be just symbolic act

      It would force facts onto the record. That, in turn, forms the groundwork for future investigations, including and up to charges (against, in all likelihood, folks who paid commissions with the intent of paying a bribe) and impeachment.

    • FergusArgyll 9 minutes ago
      I always assumed that in the early 1800s there were probably a few who had no legal education but according to Wikipedia

         Every person who has been nominated to the Court has been an attorney.
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_law_schools_attended_b...

      Of course your point stands, the only qualification for a justice is nomination by POTUS and confirmation by the senate.