Kent resigns, for real

Disgraced Federal judge and convicted felon, Samuel Kent, tendered his resignation from the bench effective June 30, 2009, on the eve of a trial in the Senate.

Earlier this month, upon being sentenced to 33 months in prison, Mr. Kent submitted his resignation from the bench effective June 1, 2010. Outraged, members of Congress put his impeachment on a fast track.

With Kent's resignation, the list of federal judges removed from office remains at seven:

• John Pickering, Massachusetts - convicted and removed from office, 1804
• West H. Humphreys, Tennessee - convicted and removed from office, 1862
• Robert W. Archbald - convicted and removed from office, 1913
• Halsted L. Ritter, Florida - convicted and removed from office, 1936
• Harry E. Claiborne, Nevada - convicted and removed from office, 1986
• Alcee L. Hastings, Florida - convicted and removed from office, 1989
• Walter L. Nixon, Mississippi - convicted and removed from office, 1989