Impeachment is political only in the House of Representatives. If it was political in the Senate, the Founders would not have said "Trial in the Senate". It all hinges on what the Founding Fathers believed a trial meant. Clearly they meant that they expected and warranted that the Senate would hold an American version of the Trial. I believe they even bring the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court over to see that a real trial is being held and not some sort of sham. Of course, at that early date they had good reason to believe that no one would even think of the idea of American's willfully yielding the powers of a monarch to any chief executive, because Americans were familiar with the despotic mess of kings.
A collection of articles defining our times. The pages contain clickable links, don't let the titles fool you, some of the best articles have very non-descript titles and there are usually more articles on the matters in the days and week pages the links land on so it's a sort of treasure hunt through history, Enjoy!
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