Public Impeachment Hearings

What is it that gentlemen have become, Cowards? What would they have? Is life so dear, or winning so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of destroying the nation? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!” In his opening remarks, House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) framed the impeachment inquiry as a move to protect the future of the presidency. “The matter is as simple and as terrible as that. Our answer to these questions will affect not only the future of this presidency, but the future of the presidency itself, and what kind of conduct or misconduct the American people may come to expect from their Commander-in-Chief,” said Schiff. *** Having completed weeks of secretive closed-door testimony, House Democrats are taking their…