Tuesday, December 15, 2009

The Law

"In the United States as well as in Europe one branch of the legislature is authorized to impeach and the other to judge: the House of Representatives arraigns the offender, and the Senate punishes him. But the Senate can try only such persons as are brought before it by the House of Representatives, and those persons must belong to the class of public functionaries."

De Tocqueville

1 comment:

John Bobo said...

It is a shame that we don't have men like De Tocqueville in our government today.