Adam Rothman: "The President of the United States would be liable to be impeached, tried, and, upon conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes or misdemeanors, removed from office; and would afterwards be liable to prosecution and punishment in the ordinary course of law." - Hamilton

"The President of the United States would be liable to be impeached, tried, and, upon conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes or misdemeanors, removed from office; and would afterwards be liable to prosecution and punishment in the ordinary course of law." - Hamilton

if only Federalist 69 were just, in its entirely, Hamilton saying super clearly “sure, this constitution has one executive leader, but I can’t stress enough that it’s different from a king because a President is accountable, including to criminal law” avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century...

The Avalon Project : Federalist No 69avalon.law.yale.edu

Impeachment judgments clause even more direct on it

"Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office []: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.

The actual ltext of the Constitution is no guide to its hidden meanings, which are known only to the conservative justices.

The vibes-based jurisprudence of John Roberts

They probably have magic glasses to read the secret messages. 🙃

This is a lot of the same crew who wrote the militia premise/clause out of 2A in Heller

textualism and originalism!!!! but only SOME texts, and origins invented to serve immediate political needs -- now THAT's a philosophy

Nice work if you can get it

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