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a trial for impeachment and in a conviction of impeachment?

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DELEGATE BOYER: I am always glad to agree

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with you, Delegate Hanson.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Hanson.

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DELEGATE HANSON: Why should those who are in

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power remove a Governor from office for such a vague

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offence as a serious crime or serious misconduct in

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office, why should this group not have to stand before

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the people of the state to account for the action that it

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took?

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Boyer.

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DELEGATE BOYER: I think President Truman had

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a sign on his desk: "The buck stops here." The tribunal

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would be the place where the buck must stop. They

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would be the sole arbitrators to decide whether or not

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John Brown is guilty or not.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Hanson.

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DELEGATE HANSON: I don't think you quite

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answered my question. What I am getting at is why should

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a court which will not stand for election in the next

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two or four years and perhaps some of whose members will