Nancy Pelosi refuses to shut the door on the idea of impeaching Judge Jay Bybee, who gave the CIA the green light on enhanced interrogation in 2002.
Mrs. Pelosi, California Democrat, said lawmakers must determine whether Mr. Bybee lied during his 2003 confirmation hearings, which won him a lifetime appointment to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. “I would not call for his impeachment without knowing what the facts are,” Mrs. Pelosi said. “But I do think that the legal opinions, as we are learning now, that were issued by the [Justice Department’s] Office of Legal Counsel did not serve our country well and were not based on our country’s values.” “In terms of his particular situation, I think the important place to look is what he said about that at the confirmation hearings,” Mrs. Pelosi told reporters at a breakfast round table hosted by the Christian Science Monitor.
Do Pelosi and her cheerleaders on the Left really want to open the door to impeachment of judges? I know quite a few activist judges whose lives could become somewhat less comfortable thanks to activism by conservatives if they see any potential on that front.
