As Elbridge Gerry said during the debate at the Philadelphia Convention in 1787, he wished that a ‘maxim would never be adopted here that the chief magistrate can do no wrong’.Footnote2 That was the rationale for the inclusion of impeachment within the US Constitution. This article will ...
0924Edward the Elder of Wessex and Mercia dies and is succeeded by his son Athelstan, 29, who will reign until 940, continuing his father's conquest of the Danelaw north of the Thames-Lea line from the Vikings who have been in Britain since 787 on July - 17. 0924On this day in his...