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On the recordDecember 16, 2019
The Framers of the Constitution were trying to decide whether impeachment should be located in the Supreme Court and treated as a matter of law and legal induction or whether it should be with Congress and the people's Representatives.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Raskin discusses the historical context of impeachment's placement in government.

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