[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 52 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 52

   To provide that a justice or judge convicted of a felony shall be 
                   suspended from office without pay.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 4, 1995

 Mr. Thurmond introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide that a justice or judge convicted of a felony shall be 
                   suspended from office without pay.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 3 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by--
            (1) inserting ``(a)'' before ``Whenever the'';
            (2) adding at the end thereof the following:
    ``(b) Justices of the Supreme Court shall hold office during good 
behavior.
    ``(c) For purposes of the tenure or appointment of a justice, the 
term `good behavior' shall not include any offense committed by a 
justice if the conviction of such offense is punishable by death or 
imprisonment for a term exceeding one year. Any justice convicted of 
such an offense shall be suspended from office without pay pending the 
disposition of impeachment proceedings.''.
    Sec. 2. Sections 44(b) and 134(a) of title 28, United States Code, 
are each amended by adding at the end thereof the following: ``For 
purposes of the tenure or appointment of a judge, the term `good 
behavior' shall not include any offense committed by a judge if the 
conviction of such offense is punishable by death or imprisonment for a 
term exceeding one year. Any judge convicted of such an offense shall 
be suspended from office without pay pending the disposition of 
impeachment proceedings.''.
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