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

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S 135 IS
102d CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 135
To provide that a justice or judge convicted of a felony shall be suspended
from office without pay.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 14 (legislative day, JANUARY 3), 1991
Mr. THURMOND introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary
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, `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 so convicted 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, `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 so convicted shall be suspended from office without pay pending the
  disposition of impeachment proceedings.'.
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