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28 U.S.C. § 454 — Practice of law by justices and judges
submitted 78 years ago by ch. 646 to r/title-28-JUDICIARY-AND-JUDICIAL-PROCEDURE · 25 words · no verdicts yet
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A federal justice or judge cannot also practice law. Doing so is a high misdemeanor.
If a justice or judge appointed under U.S. authority also practices law, that is a crime — a "high misdemeanor."
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
Any justice or judge appointed under the authority of the United States who engages in the practice of law is guilty of a high misdemeanor.
Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 908.)
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- 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 646 · 62 Stat. 908
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 646 on 1948-06-25.
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