Has an IMPEACHED President ever appointed a Supreme Court Justice?

[Firebrand Gary]

Asking for our Nation.

[lastlib]

1. Bill Clinton appointed a couple before he was impeached....

One of them was Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Andrew Johnson got no appointments. He had one nomination, but Congress just eliminated the seat rather than fill it.

Nixon appointed four, but was never impeached for his crimes.

[onenote]

2. There is no reason that an impeached but acquitted president can't nominate judges

Clinton didn't have the opportunity to nominate a SCOTUS justice after he was impeached, but I would have fully supported his authority to do so. He did nominate other lifetime tenure judges after being impeached and that was perfectly fine, too.

[qazplm135]

3. C'mon...

if Clinton had a chance to put someone on the court after his impeachment, you would have been against that?

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

4. No

But there has only been 3 Presidents who have been impeached. Not that it matters any from a legal standpoint.