The Constitution makes him sole judge in the premises, but the statute takes away his jurisdiction, transfers it to the Senate, and leaves him nothing but the odious and sometimes impracticable duty of becoming a prosecutor.
Johnson critiques the conflict between constitutional authority and congressional statutes regarding presidential removals.
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As a mark of respect for his memory, it is ordered that the Executive Departments be immediately placed in mourning and all business be suspended on the day of the funeral.
I have been unable to find in the Constitution of the United States any warrant for the exercise of the authority thus claimed by Congress.
I transmit to the House of Representatives, in answer to a resolution of the 9th instant, the accompanying report from the Secretary of State.
The danger of a defeat of the people's choice in an election by the House of Representatives remains unprovided for in the Constitution.
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