trappedslider
Legend
so I was reading up on the impeachment clause and found this quote from B. Franklin
so,basically, Benjamin Franklin realized that if the president were to rendered himself obnoxious then people would consider assassination unless there was a legal way to remove him from office.
Not treasonous or acting outside the interest of the American but just really really annoying. Franklin understood people.
What was the practice before this, in cases where the chief magistrate rendered himself obnoxious? Why, recourse was had to assassination, in which he was not only deprived of his life, but of the opportunity of vindicating his character. It would be the best way, therefore, to provide in the Constitution for the regular punishment of the executive, where his misconduct should deserve it, and for his honorable acquittal, where he should be unjustly accused.
so,basically, Benjamin Franklin realized that if the president were to rendered himself obnoxious then people would consider assassination unless there was a legal way to remove him from office.
Not treasonous or acting outside the interest of the American but just really really annoying. Franklin understood people.