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...Anita Hamilton...
Alexander Hamilton didn't see it that way. Writing in Federalist Paper No. 65, Hamilton suggested that in impeachment matters, the House of Representatives would represent public opinion, but the Senate trial would be independent of and insulated from public opinion...
...Hamilton's view makes sense even today if we remember the basic civics lesson about the Senate. Because each state has two votes, the Senate by design does not accurately reflect national public opinion. Instead, it favors public opinion in small states...
...whether the Senate vote will better reflect the national interest fairly and justly in an open environment or in a closed environment. It just might turn out that a public Senate vote will produce a verdict inconsistent with the national interest. That is exactly what the nationally-minded Alexander Hamilton had in mind when he defended the Senate as the trier of presidential impeachments in Federalist Paper No. 65: a body that would be less accountable to public opinion in the several states...
...Anita Hamilton...