I swear, I was not thinking of Federalist Paper #66, nor had I any intention to invoke that conniving cracker Hamilton, when I chose the title for this eurotrib entry more than one month ago.

... How, in fact, could a majority in the House of Representatives impeach themselves? Not better, it is evident, than two thirds of the Senate might try themselves. And yet what reason is there, that a majority of the House of Representatives, sacrificing the interests of the society by an unjust and tyrannical act of legislation, should escape with impunity, more than two thirds of the Senate, sacrificing the same interests in an injurious treaty with a foreign power? ...

< wipes tears >

on a stack of bibbles