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The definition of maladministration that matches up with what the framers were thinking about when they put impeachment into the constitution, what the framers also did in the constitution was make impeachment very difficult to do. it is essentially a political control, not a legal one. and if you launch impeachment under circumstances where you don't have any real chance of getting the president removed from office, i think that's counterproductive. it proper most divisiveness in society and dysfunction in the government, and it is just as much an abuse of power as anything they are accusing ...

On the basis of the debate on july 20th and now his opinion in order to provide corruption of the electoral process a president would have to be subject to impeachment regardless of the availability of a further election. the upshot of this debate is that the framers kept impeachment in the constitution specifically in order to protect against the abuse of office with the capacity to corrupt the electoral process or lead to personal gain. now, turning to the language of the constitution, the framers used the words high crimes and misdemeanors to describe those forms of action that they conside...

Confusion that he may ride the storm and direct the whirlwind. ladies and gentlemen, the storm in which we find ourselves today was set in motion by president trump. i do not wish this moment on the country. it is not a pleasant task that we undertake today. but we have each taken an oath to protect the constitution. and the facts before us are clear. president trump did not merely seek to benefit from foreign interference in our elections, he directly and explicitly invited foreign interference in our elections. he used the powers of his office to try to make it happen. he sent his agents to ...

Not above the law. james madison, the principal draftsman of the u.s. constitution spoke up and said it was indispensable that some provision be made for impeachment. why? because he explained standing for reelection was not a sufficient security, close quote, against presidential misconduct or corruption. a president, he said, might betray his trust to foreign powers. a president who in a corrupt fashion abused the office of the presidency, said james madison, quote, might be fatal to the republic. close quote. and then a remarkable thing happened in the convention. morris of pennsylvania, on...

Since then, countless other americans have fought and died to protect our right to vote. but the framers of our constitution realized that elections alone could not guarantee that the united states would remain a republic. one of the key reasons for including the impeachment power was a risk that unscrupulous officials might try to rig the election process. you've already heard two people give william davie his problems. hamilton got a whole musical and davey will just get this committee hearing. he warned that unless the constitution contained an impeachment provision, ament might spare no ef...