@article{11502,
  author = {Whittington},
  title = {Reconstructing the Federal Judiciary: The Chase Impeachment and the Constitution},
  abstract = { <p>The 1804 congressional impeachment of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase is both a critical moment in the development of American political institutions and mores and an important case exposing how the Constitution actually operates as a governing institution. The impeachment has traditionally been portrayed in absolutist, personal, and essentially legalistic terms, emphasizing the victory of separation of powers with the acquittal of Chase. A more specifically political analysis of the constitutional issues at stake, however, reveals a more complex set of alternatives and a more subtle outcome. The Senate trial did not result in a clear vindication of Chase{\textquoteright}s position, but rather established a particular vision of the role of an unelected judiciary in a republican form of government. This vision emphasized the qualified independence of the judiciary from popular control, a relatively adversarial and open courtroom, and the removal of judges from normal, partisan political disputes.</p>
 },
  year = {1995},
  journal = {Studies in American Political Development},
  volume = {9},
  pages = {55-116},
  language = {eng},
}