Article III judges

GPTKB entity

Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:judge
gptkbp:appointedBy gptkb:President_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:approvedBy gptkb:Article_III_of_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:cannotBeRemovedExceptBy impeachment
gptkbp:confirmedBy gptkb:United_States_Senate
gptkbp:excludes magistrate judges
bankruptcy judges
Article I judges
Article IV judges
gptkbp:firstAppointed 1789
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Article III judges
gptkbp:includes gptkb:United_States_court_of_appeals_judges
Supreme Court justices
United States district court judges
judges of the United States Court of International Trade
gptkbp:independenceDate protected by life tenure and salary protection
gptkbp:jurisdiction federal courts
gptkbp:legalBasis Article III, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution
gptkbp:numberOfSenators 9
gptkbp:removes impeachment by Congress
gptkbp:retirementOption senior status
gptkbp:role interpret federal law and Constitution
resolve disputes under federal jurisdiction
gptkbp:salaryProtection salary cannot be diminished during continuance in office
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Code_of_Conduct_for_United_States_Judges
gptkbp:swornTo required
gptkbp:termLength life tenure
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:federal_courts_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8