Pursuant to the Constitution, federal officials can be impeached for Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors (Art. II, ? 4). In the history of the United States, two presidents, a senator, and a secretary of war have faced impeachment trials in the Senate. Of these, only Senator William Blount was expelled by the Senate in 1799, while the others were acquitted of impeachment. In addition, thirteen federal judges have faced an impeachment trial, nine of whom were found guilty by the Senate or resigned from the bench before final action in the Senate. Justice Samuel Chase, who was acquitted by the Senate, is the only Supreme Court justice to have been impeached by the House. A fourteenth name can now be added to this list of impeached federal judges. On June 19, 2009, former Judge Samuel B. Kent was impeached by the House of Representatives, after he had pled guilty to obstruction of justice for lying to a judicial committee investigating sexual harassment charges against him. Kent thereafter resigned from his position after the House for mally presented to the Senate four articles of impeachment against him. Former fed eral judge Kent is currently serving a thirty-three-month sentence for the obstruction charge.1 The Constitution provides the House with the sole Power of Impeachment (Art. I, ? 2), while the Senate has the sole Power to try all Impeachments (Art. I, ? 3). We know from the Supreme Court's decision in Walter Nixon v. U.S. (506 U.S. 224, 1993), concerning the last federal judge to be impeached before Kent, that the Senate has the power to decide how impeachment trials are to be handled, without judicial supervision of its impeachment procedures. We also know that impeachment is not necessarily the end of a career in public service. Indeed, just three years after his impeachment by the Senate in 1989, former federal judge Alcee Hastings was elected to the House of Representatives, where he continues to serve Florida's 23rd District. Whether due to his impeachment experience, partisan affiliation, or beliefs on the merits, it is not surprising that Rep. Hastings voted against impeaching President Bill Clinton in 1998. How did Kent become the latest judge to face an impeachment trial? After engaging in private practice, Kent was nominated by President George H. W. Bush and confirmed by the Senate in 1990 to serve on the Federal District Court, Southern