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Topic	Eddv tells stories about History
Eddv 02/10/18 6:38:54 PM #1:	Yessir, I am bringing it back after a long long hiatus. The story I was going to tell when this topic fell apart was the story of the first real impeachment trial in this countrys history against Associate Justice Samuel Chase at the request of @Maniac64 It was technically the third impeachment trial but the first two didnt really involve trials. In the first, a senator was accused of illegally aiding England in stealing territory from Spain, he admitted it, and was voted out of office with no trial. The second was a judge who kept showing up to work drunk and again, there was really no need for a trial. Chase was a signee of the Declaration of independence (in the musical 1776 hes the comically fat guy from Maryland). He was also a close political ally of John Adams and George Washington and was named to yhe Supreme Court very early in that institutions history. Once Jefferson became president, Chase was a real thorn in his side rejecting many of his legislative and executive actions as being unconstitutional. So Jefferson, ever the political renegade, decided to trailblaze politically motivated impeachment proceedings and incited his allies in the House to indict Chase on charges of being too politically motivated in an apolitical position. However there were several wrenches in the plan - for one the Vice President, Aaron Burr was both an expert legal mind and a mortal enemy of Jefferson's. So he constructed the process by which the Senate conducts fair criminal trials and heard evidence for and against the politically motivated charges against Chase and for the good of the entire nation, Chase was ultimately acquitted and kept his post? The winning argument was that justices ought to be above political pressure and that actions like Jeffersons should not become the norm lest the court become and remain a political football. That, alongside the removal of John Adams "midnight judges" that he appointed his last hour as president helped to filly establish the independence of the judiciary. I think this is a story that is important to remember in the current political climate surrounding the Supreme Court and recognizing how we have always found this to be a bad idea with bad consequences --- I am taking requests on which story to tell next --- Board 8's Voice of Reason http://i.imgur.com/chXIw06.jpg <cite>Eddv posted [p:895843917] in Eddv tells... [t:76305760]...</cite> <quote>Yessir, I am bringing it back after a long long hiatus. The story I was going to tell when this topic fell apart was the story of the first real impeachment trial in this countrys history against Associate Justice Samuel Chase at the request of @Maniac64 It was technically the third impeachment trial but the first two didnt really involve trials. In the first, a senator was accused of illegally aiding England in stealing territory from Spain, he admitted it, and was voted out of office with no trial. The second was a judge who kept showing up to work drunk and again, there was really no need for a trial. Chase was a signee of the Declaration of independence (in the musical 1776 hes the comically fat guy from Maryland). He was also a close political ally of John Adams and George Washington and was named to yhe Supreme Court very early in that institutions history. Once Jefferson became president, Chase was a real thorn in his side rejecting many of his legislative and executive actions as being unconstitutional. So Jefferson, ever the political renegade, decided to trailblaze politically motivated impeachment proceedings and incited his allies in the House to indict Chase on charges of being too politically motivated in an apolitical position. However there were several wrenches in the plan - for one the Vice President, Aaron Burr was both an expert legal mind and a mortal enemy of Jefferson's. So he constructed the process by which the Senate conducts fair criminal trials and heard evidence for and against the politically motivated charges against Chase and for the good of the entire nation, Chase was ultimately acquitted and kept his post? The winning argument was that justices ought to be above political pressure and that actions like Jeffersons should not become the norm lest the court become and remain a political football. That, alongside the removal of John Adams "midnight judges" that he appointed his last hour as president helped to filly establish the independence of the judiciary. I think this is a story that is important to remember in the current political climate surrounding the Supreme Court and recognizing how we have always found this to be a bad idea with bad consequences --- I am taking requests on which story to tell next --- Board 8's Voice of Reason http://i.imgur.com/chXIw06.jpg</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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