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tribunal that will try impeachment cases in an indepedent

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body, whether it be our own Court of Appeals, that would

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satisfy me, but I think a special tribunal as proposed by

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the Constitution is sufficient.

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Let us try something new where the old hasn't

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worked whenever it has been invoked.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Any other delegate desire to

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speak in favor of the amendment?

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Any delegate opposed?

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Delegate Marion.

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DELEGATE MARION: Impeachment has been a pretty

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unsatisfactory method to get rid of someone who holds

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public office. It is for that reason that the State of

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California pioneered the system for the removal of judges

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which has been adopted by several other states, including

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the State of Maryland. It was because impeachment was

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such a poor remedy, that process is gaining favor in many

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states and it is being considered now by the Congress of

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the United States.

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Picture, if you will, the typical impeachment

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trial in the senate as it has occurred on only a few