{"id":401485,"date":"2019-03-26T21:17:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T20:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/benjamin-franklin-called-impeachment-a-substitute-for-assassination\/"},"modified":"2019-03-26T21:17:07","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T20:17:07","slug":"benjamin-franklin-called-impeachment-a-substitute-for-assassination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/benjamin-franklin-called-impeachment-a-substitute-for-assassination\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Benjamin Franklin Called Impeachment \u2018a Substitute for Assassination\u2019\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/blog\/cnsnewscom-staff\/rep-jerry-nadler-benjamin-franklin-called-impeachment-substitute-assassination\"><strong>CNS News<\/strong><\/a><br \/>March 26, 2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>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.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBenjamin Franklin called impeachment \u2018a substitute for assassination,\u2019 Nadler said in a speech that has been memorialized on video by CSPAN.<\/p>\n<p>The House Judiciary Committee did in fact vote to approve four articles of impeachment against Clinton, finding that he had committed perjury, obstructed the administration of justice and abused his office.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"video-filter video-mrctv vf-538229 embed-responsive-item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrctv.org\/embed\/538229\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, for only the third time in our nation\u2019s history, this committee meets to consider articles of impeachment against the president of the United States,\u201d Nadler said in the Judiciary Committee on Dec. 10, 1998. \u201cThis is a momentous occasion, and I would hope that despite the sharp partisan tone which has marked this debate, we can approach it with a sober sense of the historic importance of this matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe we need to get back to basics\u2013the Constitution\u2013and what the impeachment power conferred on the Congress requires of us,\u201d Nadler said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/blog\/cnsnewscom-staff\/rep-jerry-nadler-benjamin-franklin-called-impeachment-substitute-assassination\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Tuesday, March 26, 2019  at  7:04 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/rep-jerry-nadler-benjamin-franklin-called-impeachment-a-substitute-for-assassination.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/rep-jerry-nadler-benjamin-franklin-called-impeachment-a-substitute-for-assassination.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. \u201cBenjamin Franklin called impeachment \u2018a substitute for assassination,\u2019 Nadler said in a speech [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-401485","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401485\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}