CNS NewsMarch 26, 2019 Rep. Jerry Nadler (D.-N.Y.) sat in the House Judiciary Committee on Dec. 10, 1998, and explained why he opposed the impeachment of President Bill Clinton by citing an argument that Benjamin Franklin had made in the Constitutional Convention. “Benjamin Franklin called impeachment ‘a substitute for assassination,’ Nadler said in a speech … Continue reading ‘Benjamin Franklin Called Impeachment ‘a Substitute for Assassination’”