HR 4641 · 96th Congress ·
Judicial Tenure Act
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Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.(1979-06-27)
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Judicial Tenure Act - Establishes in the judicial branch a seven-member Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure to: (1) investigate, upon formal or informal request of any person, any Federal judge or the physical or mental condition of any judge (except a justice of the Supreme Court); and (2) determine whether (A) the conduct of such judge is consistent with the good behavior required by article III of the Constitution, or (B) such condition renders such judge unable to discharge the duties of judicial office. Directs the Commission to consider (but not be bound by) the following factors in making such a determination with respect to the good behavior standard: (1) Canons of Judicial Ethics of the American Bar Association and the Judicial Conference of the United States; (2) resolutions of the Judicial Conference; and (3) Acts of Congress relating to judicial conduct. Stipulates that willful and persistent failure to perform duties of office or habitual intemperance may be deemed to be inconsistent with the good behavior requirement. Requires the Commission to certify a judge whose physical or mental condition renders him or her unable to properly discharge the duties of o…
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