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the general provision recommendation and reject this

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amendment.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Any further discussion?

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Delegate Hanson.

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DELEGATE HANSON: Mr. Chairman, I think to place

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a trial for impeachment in the hands of the judiciary,

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although the judiciary is normally conceded to be the

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place to try cases, the most unwise decision; an impeach-

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ment trial, if you look at the history of impeachment in

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the various states or the Federal impeachment trials, is

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uniquely a political proceeding. The charges or condi-

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tions which may cause an impeachment to be brought are

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normally political. They are beyond the normal reach of

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the law. A man cannot be touched in some instances by

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the normal reach of the law and consequently the lower

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house must feel that his conduct is so grievous against

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the public interest that he should be tried on charges

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of impeachment.

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If this goes before the court, it will still be

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a political trial. There will be tremendous pressure

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brought on the Court of Appeals by the -- if it is a