A Toledo (Ohio) Blade editorial asserted in a rather understated editorial, “Impeaching judges for making unpopular decisions would subject the nation’s judiciary to a political circus.”

The editorial criticized state Rep. John Becker’s recent call for Congress to start impeachment proceedings against U.S. District Judge Timothy S. Black over a controversial decision that involved marriage for a same-sex couple.

Justice At Stake (JAS) Executive Director Bert Brandenburg said in a statement, “If you got to a situation where every time a decision might be unpopular to somebody, and you threatened to impeach them, you would create a political circus around the judiciary.”

The editorial quoted Brandenburg as pointing out that no state or federal judge has been impeached and removed for an opinion issued from the bench. Gavel Grab has more.