Samuel Chase is the only Supreme Court justice to be impeached. This happened in 1804 when his political opponents took power and he "showed no willingness to tone down his bitter partisan rhetoric" https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Senate_Tries_Justice.htm …
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Yes, and Jefferson then wrote ruefully that the utitlity of impeachment for his purposes was shattered--which we now regard as good.
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Vice President Aaron Burr — who was facing murder charges for the death of Alexander Hamilton — oversaw Chase’s impeachment trial in the Senate.
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