Friday, January 29, 2016

8-22-1787: "add, 'the judges of the Supreme Court shall be triable by the Senate, on impeachment by the House of Representatives.'"

   "Mr. RUTLEDGE, from the committee to whom were referred, on the 18th and 20th instant, the propositions of Mr. Madison and Mr. Pinckney, made the report following:-- . . .

. . . . "At the end of the second section of the eleventh article, add, 'the judges of the Supreme Court shall be triable by the Senate, on impeachment by the House of Representatives.'"--Aug. 22, 1787, Debates In The Federal Convention Of 1787, Held At Philadelphia. [Elliot’s Debates, Vol. V, Pg. 461]

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