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  • FITSCHEN: Gingrich is right

    If you're a political junkie, you've got to love a presidential candidate who lights the fire Newt Gingrich has lit. Or at least you have to love the fire. Impeach judges? Subpoena them? Arrest them?


  • ** FILE ** U.S. District Judge G. Thomas Porteous listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 13, 2010, during a Senate Impeachment Committee hearing. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

    Federal judge convicted on 4 impeachment charges

    The U.S. Senate on Wednesday convicted U.S. District Judge G. Thomas Porteous of Louisiana on four articles of impeachment, making him just the eighth federal judge in history to be removed by Congress.


  • U.S. District Judge G. Thomas Porteous (left) walks with his attorney, Jonathan Turley, on Capitol Hill on Wednesday after the Senate voted on his impeachment. He was removed from the bench. (Associated Press)

    Senate convicts federal judge, removing him from office

    The Senate on Wednesday convicted U.S. District Judge G. Thomas Porteous of Louisiana on four articles of impeachment, making him just the eighth federal judge in history to be removed by Congress.


  • ** FILE ** U.S. District Judge G. Thomas Porteous listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 13, 2010, during a Senate Impeachment Committee hearing. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

    Senate takes up impeachment of Louisiana judge

    The attorney for a federal judge facing a rare impeachment trial in the Senate argued Tuesday that Congress is pursuing unconstitutional charges against his client and would be breaking with two centuries of precedent by removing him from office.


  • In this Nov. 18, 2009, file photo, New Orleans-based District Judge G. Thomas Porteous Jr. listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate on Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, opens its first impeachment trial since the 1999 case against former President Bill Clinton when it takes up a host of corruption allegations against the Louisiana judge. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)

    Senate opens impeachment trial against judge

    deral judge from Louisiana is corrupt and unfit to serve on the bench, House members said Monday as they began a rare congressional impeachment trial by laying out their case against the jurist.


  • ASSOCIATED PRESS
U.S. District Judge G. Thomas Porteous of Louisiana is accused of taking cash, expensive meals and other gifts from lawyers and a bail bondsman, lying to Congress and filing for bankruptcy under a false name.

    Judge on trial before Senate

    A federal judge from Louisiana is corrupt and unfit to serve on the bench, House members said Monday as they began a rare congressional impeachment trial by laying out their case against the jurist.


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