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Part 3: Evidence from the Drafting of the Impeachment Clauses This is the third part of a four‐​part series on the 1876 impeachment trial of former Secretary of War William Belknap. In each part, I will examine a different category of argument made at that trial on the question whether the Senate has constitutional jurisdiction to try and convict a former officer. In Part 1, I summarized the arguments at the trial based on constitutional text. In Part 2, I turned to the arguments based on the English practice of impeachment prior to the drafting of the U.S. Constitution. In this p...

The just ended National County Sports meet finals in which Lofa County emerged as winners of the football competition drew thousands of people together in a very festive atmosphere. It was a clear demonstration of the potential of sports to bring people together, irrespective of their differences. It also clearly demonstrated how, through sports, the creative energies of young people can be harnessed and mobilized for productive purposes. In the case of Liberia, football has been established as the leading sport and is one which provides a ready vehicle for national mobilization of young peop...

Apparently, there have been no lessons learnt by President George Weah from the massive defeat sustained by his CDC party during the just ended senatorial elections. Over and over again, the attention of the President was drawn to the conduct and performance of his officials which, in the view of the public, were very dismal.…