On November 30, 1804, the United States House of Representatives began impeachment hearings against Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase. The House thought he was too partisan, too “Federalist.” The Senate later acquitted Chase.
On 1835 on this date, Samuel Clemens was born, later to achieve world fame as author and humorist Mark Twain.
So long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long is he determined not to do it: and consequently, so long it is impossible to him that he should do it.
This weekend on Townhall, something more about the big story of the day. One injustice doesn’t justify another. On some level, we all know that. So on every level, we must make sure that this basic rule of morality holds all accountable the same.
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