A bill to provide for the review of the behavior of individual justices and judges by three-judge panels.

Summary

Authorizes the Chief Justice of the United States to select, on his own initiative or on the request of two justices, two Federal judges, or one justice and one judge, to select a three-member panel of justices or judges to review the behavior of any justice (except the Chief Justice) or Federal judge. Provides that any such justice or judge whose conduct is determined to be not good by a majority of the panel (after affording such person the opportunity for a hearing) shall cease to hold office within 30 days of such decision. Allows the justice or judge so affected to appeal such a determination to the Supreme Court.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 16 May 1979

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