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To Impeach or Not to Impeach, part 2

Published on September 21, 2014 By sirrahc

“[S]ome provision should be made for defending the community against the incapacity, negligence, or perfidy of the chief magistrate. He might pervert his administration into a scheme of peculation [i.e., embezzlement] or oppression. He might betray his trust to foreign powers.” — James Madison, during the debates of the Constitutional Convention (1787) In Part 1 […]