Article snippet: Representative Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts plans Tuesday to introduce a resolution calling for an impeachment inquiry of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. She is potentially kicking off a constitutional process that closely mirrors the process for removing the president from office. So how would that work? First, if Speaker Nancy Pelosi allows it, the House would vote on Pressley’s resolution. If passed, it would prompt the Judiciary Committee to take affidavits and depositions and issue subpoenas in connection with an impeachment inquiry of Kavanaugh, who was confirmed last fall amid public allegations of sexual assault and harassment stemming from his high school years and his time at Yale University. Once it is given the go-ahead to start an impeachment inquiry, the Judiciary Committee has subpoena power to investigate whether or not Kavanaugh committed an impeachable offense, which are defined in the Constitution. The defined in Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution as “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” There is precedent for charging judges with sexual assault under “high crimes and misdemeanors.” In 2009, the House impeached Judge Samuel B. Kent for sexual assault, obstruction of justice, and lying to federal investigators. Prior to his impeachment, Kent pled guilty to obstruction of justice and admitted to assaulting former employees at his US District Court in Texas. If the Judiciary Committee chooses to pursue artic... Link to the full article to read more