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"Barbara Jordan Remarks on Impeachment, July, 1974"
by Barbara Jordan
We know the nature of impeachment. We’ve been talking about it awhile now. It is chiefly designed for the President and his high ministers to somehow be called into account. It is designed to “bridle” the Executive if he engages in excesses. “It is designed as a method of national inquest into the conduct of public men.” The Framers confided in the Congress the power if need be, to remove the President in order to strike a delicate balance between a President swollen with power and grown tyrannical, and preservation of the independence of the Executive.
The nature of impeachment is a narrowly channeled exception to the separation-of-powers maxim; the federal convention of 1787 said that. It limited impeachment to high crimes and misdemeanors and discounted and opposed the term “maladministration.” “It is to be used only for great misdemeanors,” so it was said in the North Carolina ratification convention. And in the Virginia ratification convention: “We do not trust our liberty to a particular branch. We need one branch to check the others.”
Rep. Barbara Jordan's remarks on impeachment during Watergate
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Use the passage to answer the question.
Why is the speaker’s use of hyperbole effective in this passage?
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It justifies the existence of an independent executive.
It justifies the existence of an independent executive.
It reminds listeners why certain powers belong to the legislature.
It reminds listeners why certain powers belong to the legislature.
It underscores the need to impeach the president.
It underscores the need to impeach the president.
It recalls earlier uses of checks and balances.
It recalls earlier uses of checks and balances.
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by Barbara Jordan
We know the nature of impeachment. We’ve been talking about it awhile now. It is chiefly designed for the President and his high ministers to somehow be called into account. It is designed to “bridle” the Executive if he engages in excesses. “It is designed as a method of national inquest into the conduct of public men.” The Framers confided in the Congress the power if need be, to remove the President in order to strike a delicate balance between a President swollen with power and grown tyrannical, and preservation of the independence of the Executive.
The nature of impeachment is a narrowly channeled exception to the separation-of-powers maxim; the federal convention of 1787 said that. It limited impeachment to high crimes and misdemeanors and discounted and opposed the term “maladministration.” “It is to be used only for great misdemeanors,” so it was said in the North Carolina ratification convention. And in the Virginia ratification convention: “We do not trust our liberty to a particular branch. We need one branch to check the others.”
Rep. Barbara Jordan's remarks on impeachment during Watergate
Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
Why is the speaker’s use of hyperbole effective in this passage?
(1 point)
Responses
It justifies the existence of an independent executive.
It justifies the existence of an independent executive.
It reminds listeners why certain powers belong to the legislature.
It reminds listeners why certain powers belong to the legislature.
It underscores the need to impeach the president.
It underscores the need to impeach the president.
It recalls earlier uses of checks and balances.
It recalls earlier uses of checks and balances.
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The speaker’s use of hyperbole is effective in this passage because:
**It underscores the need to impeach the president.**
By emphasizing the grave nature of impeachment and the checks it provides against a tyrannical executive, the speaker heightens the urgency and seriousness of the impeachment process. This rhetorical strategy reinforces the idea that impeachment is a necessary and critical power intended to protect the integrity of the government and its democratic principles.
**It underscores the need to impeach the president.**
By emphasizing the grave nature of impeachment and the checks it provides against a tyrannical executive, the speaker heightens the urgency and seriousness of the impeachment process. This rhetorical strategy reinforces the idea that impeachment is a necessary and critical power intended to protect the integrity of the government and its democratic principles.
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