TEDITORIAL: This was not impeachment as a political process, but a political assassination masquerading as a judicial procedure, ever mindful of judicial rules, above all respectful of due process that no citizen can be denied however high or low. That is why the senators wore the costumes of judges to look like trial but a long execution carried out by the legislature at executive behest. What the senate did today will decide whether ours shall thenceforth be a government of laws and of separated powers or a government of whimsy and one-gang rule; whether ours shall be a government of limited powers or of powers as far as a president's ambition will go. Judicial decision will change with time; political actions will harden with expedient repetion. And this is a government of expediency galore. It all came down to the question: can the chief justice be impeached for this interpretation of the law that his accusers completely agree with by not signing their own waivers? This is hypocrisy and a violation of the equal protection of the law.
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