"Thrown from the Bench"

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2010/12/senate-impeach-thomas-porteous-/1?csp=hf

The Senate impeached and removed federal district court Judge Thomas Porteous from the bench in Louisiana for accepting gifts from people appearing before him for court business and lying to both the Senate and FBI. For his behavior he will immediately be appointed to the US Senate for Illinois.