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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Hanson.

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DELEGATE HANSON: Isn't the history of

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impeachment and trials of impeachment by legislative

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bodies one of seeking to remove elected officials from

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office when there have been no justiciable causes of action

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against them in some instances and in some instances

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perhaps there was, but this may go beyond that?

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Boyer.

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DELEGATE BOYER: I would concede that you have

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a good point there. Of course, if a public official has

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been convicted of some heinous crime that in itself in

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a court of law would subject him to removal from a court

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office. The impeachment proceeding would be that perhaps

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for some reason public official "A" has not been convicted

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of a felonious crime, and this would be a supplementary

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proceeding.

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DELEGATE HANSON: Why does your Committee

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argue that in such case this can be conducted better in

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a tribunal of judges than before the Senate?

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THE CHAIRMAN: You say "in such case". By

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that you mean what?