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AP Photo This Is Not the Senate the Framers Imagined
The Constitution originally provided for the selection of senators by state legislatures, but the Seventeenth Amendment changed that, and with it, the Senate itself.
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Brooks Kraft LLC / Corbis via Getty John Roberts’s Surprisingly Straightforward Task Ahead
The chief justice’s role in the impeachment trial is a limited one, and he should be able to manage it easily without putting his or the Court’s legitimacy at risk.
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Library of Congress / AP The President Can Do Whatever He Wants, Which Is Why He Can’t
The Founders gave the executive branch immense authority—but also counted on the people to hold their leaders in check.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP There’s Never Going to Be a Clear Standard for Impeachable Offenses
And that means it’s Congress’s job to set boundaries around presidential power.
