someone. but nobody thought of impeaching because he had killed hamilton in a duel. it was a crime, but it wasn't a crime against the state. it wasn't a crime against the american people. and therefore that's not impeachable. by contrast, you can have things that aren't crimes but are obviously impeachable. suppose the president wakes up tomorrow and says, you know, i want a new canada. well, you know, there isn't necessarily a criminal statute that forbids that. but it's an impeachable offense. the framers use the words bribery, treason, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. bribery is one of the few things they did enumerate. we may want to talk about that is something that president trump is alleged to have done. >> one more question before we get to the current case which is one thing you hear people say is, oh, we have an election coming up. let the election decide. but as you note, fwen, specifically in the discussions about putting this in the constitution, that's not what the framers wanted.