


Today in History: Preparations Begin for Impeachment Trial of Justice Samuel Chase
Today in 1804, the Jeffersonian Republican-controlled United States Senate appointed a committee to plan the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase. A signer of the Declaration of Independence, Chase had been impeached by the House of Representatives...
Some Impeachment Conundrums
If nothing else, the impeachment proceedings have encouraged us to think about some interesting hypotheticals. Here are a few: 1. Can former Presidents be impeached? Leading originalist-oriented blogger Keith Whittington says yes. But I am not so sure. The...
Impeached! But Meanwhile…
While everybody obsessed over impeachment, there was other news out there. Well, it wasn’t exactly news, because pretty much nobody reported on it. But some significant things happened – things that could actually impact your life. Things that the political class...