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DDH - High Crimes or High Politics?
Today on Dave does History on Bill Mick Live, we head back to 1805 for one of the most dramatic courtroom showdowns in American history—except this trial did not involve a criminal, it involved a Supreme Court Justice.
Samuel Chase, a signer of the Declaration and a fiery Federalist, was impeached by Jefferson’s allies for turning his courtroom into a political soapbox. Was it a righteous reckoning or a political hit job?
We unpack the politics, the personalities, and the precedent that his acquittal set—one that still protects the bench from becoming a branch of partisan payback.
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