{"id":160481,"date":"2026-08-14T15:30:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T23:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/14\/congress-threw-this-judge-off-the-bench-the-voters-sent-him-right-back-to-congress\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T15:30:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T23:30:59","slug":"congress-threw-this-judge-off-the-bench-the-voters-sent-him-right-back-to-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/14\/congress-threw-this-judge-off-the-bench-the-voters-sent-him-right-back-to-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress Threw This Judge Off The Bench. The Voters Sent Him Right Back To Congress."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span>Ed. Note:<\/span> Welcome to our daily feature <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/trivia-question-of-the-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which federal judge, impeached by the House and removed by the Senate for his role in a bribery scheme, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives three years later (the very chamber that had impeached him). He served in Congress for nearly three decades and cast his own votes in presidential impeachments?<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hint: He was appointed by Jimmy Carter and made history as his state\u2019s first Black federal judge, years before the bribery scandal that cost him the robe.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>See the answer on the next page.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/congress-threw-this-judge-off-the-bench-the-voters-sent-him-right-back-to-congress\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Congress Threw This Judge Off The Bench. The Voters Sent Him Right Back To Congress.<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-single__featured-image post-single__featured-image--medium alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1192317245-300x205.jpg?resize=300%2C205&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><em>Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/trivia-question-of-the-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which federal judge, impeached by the House and removed by the Senate for his role in a bribery scheme, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives three years later (the very chamber that had impeached him). He served in Congress for nearly three decades and cast his own votes in presidential impeachments?<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hint: He was appointed by Jimmy Carter and made history as his state\u2019s first Black federal judge, years before the bribery scandal that cost him the robe.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>See the answer on the next page.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/congress-threw-this-judge-off-the-bench-the-voters-sent-him-right-back-to-congress\/2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/congress-threw-this-judge-off-the-bench-the-voters-sent-him-right-back-to-congress\/2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Next \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which federal judge, impeached by the House and removed by the Senate for his role in a bribery scheme, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives three years later (the very chamber that had impeached him). 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