{"id":7853,"date":"2016-12-14T01:09:49","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T07:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=7853"},"modified":"2017-05-28T17:00:55","modified_gmt":"2017-05-28T23:00:55","slug":"founders-provided-a-solution-to-trump-impeachment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/founders-provided-a-solution-to-trump-impeachment\/","title":{"rendered":"Founders Provided a Solution to Trump: Impeachment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ifptrump15.jpg\" width=\"200\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p>ChicagoTrib &#8211; That interpretation, desperately beguiling as it seems, rests on a doubtful reading of Hamilton&#8217;s text and a faulty interpretation of the early history of the Electoral College. The essay we really ought to be reading, even during this interregnum, is Federalist 65, in which Hamilton discusses the idea of presidential impeachment.<\/p>\n<p>In Federalist 68, Hamilton did proclaim it a &#8220;moral certainty, that the office of president, will seldom fall to the lot of any man, who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/opinion\/commentary\/ct-electoral-college-hamilton-founders-impeach-perspec-1114-md-20161213-story.html\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ChicagoTrib &#8211; That interpretation, desperately beguiling as it seems, rests on a doubtful reading of Hamilton&#8217;s text and a faulty interpretation of the early history of the Electoral College. The essay we really ought to be reading, even during this interregnum, is Federalist 65, in which Hamilton discusses the idea of presidential impeachment. 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