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impeachment procedure existing in England, Australia
and some other regions.
I
would
judiciary
like
had
to
faced
mention
similar
that
the
problem
American
as
to
its
independence about 214 years ago. It is better to
quote some observations on historical facts made by
Chief Justice Earl Warren, one of the prominent Chief
Justices in the history of United States, in his book
‘The memoirs of Chief Justice’ as under:
“Only two years after John Marshall was
appointed Chief Justice, he and the Court
were in great trouble with Thomas Jefferson
because in his landmark decision of Marbury
v.
Madison
executive
review.
action
The
support,
Marshall
was
subject
held
to
party
of
Jefferson,
undertook
to
remove
responsible
following
(1803),
for
year,
the
Justice
judicial
with
the
decision,
Samuel
that
and
his
Justices
in
the
Chase
was
impeached by the House of Representatives,
not
for
“treason,
bribery
or
other
high
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