aaron burr,hen -- when samuel chase is being he keeps his job because there is not two thirds. benno: here is a question about a historical episode. are we certain that if nixon and had not resigned, he would have been removed from office? phillip: i am about as certain of that as i am of any other event, it was forestalled by resignation, yes. akhil: and barry goldwater goes to the oval office and tells him that he has less than 10 votes in the senate. benno: here is a question. do you think the obstruction of justice can fit the term "high crime or misdemeanor" and be in impeachable offense? philip: yes, i do. sometimes we hear people say that the attorney general is the chief law enforcement officer. i bet you heard that bandied about. that is not right. the constitution does not provide for an attorney general. congress could abolish the office of attorney general. who would be the chief law enforcement officer then? they can abolish the department of justice. but they cannot abolish the presidency. the president is the chief law enforcement officer in our constitution. ima

philip: i don't think that, and one reason i don't think that, is because aaron burr was indicted for murder both in new york and in new jersey after his notorious duel with alexander hamilton. he fled both jurisdictions and was in hiding for a brief period and then he went back to washington and continued on as vice president. akhil: and furthermore, he presided over the impeachment trial as president of the senate, of justice samuel chase. philip: for which he was widely praised. akhil: leading one wag to say that in most countries, murder is arraigned before the judge -- here in america we have the judge being arraigned before the murderer. [laughter] philip: you can see how we fell into this error. sometimes these mistakes feed on each other. if you think high crimes and misdemeanors is an open invitation to a political trial, then you will want to a cabin that by saying, well there must be some underlying crime. in fact, instead of drawing the circle tighter, you have really just made a second error prompted by the first one. benno: so a criminal act, for example, a president who

aaron burr may have shot the man, but it was albert gallatin who destroyed his life's work, the financial system that he had created for the new federal government. hamilton was proud of that system. he thought that the federal government's ability to borrow vast amounts of money would allow the united states to become a great nation. gallatin disagreed. he thought that endless public borrowing was a drag on the private sector and a prescription for economic failure. in the first great fight over how to pay for the federal government, it was gallatin who won. when jefferson appointed albert gallatin to be the secretary of the treasury, the federalists who had controlled the government were worried. they braced for the worst. they had just lost the insidency for the first time an election so bitterly contested that it took 36 ballots in the house of representatives to make jefferson president. they had also lost the majority in congress. now jefferson was putting this charge of then largest and most powerful department of the government. that timery at employed well over 90% of the federal

marshall's opinion on treason and the trial of aaron burr is huge. a 25,000 word opinion. and it seems to me there are a lot of wheel spinning. he goes through these english sources on treason and intuit and intuit. and since the basic question is, there was no active work upon the united states proven, why does he have to you know, that is the case. why is he doing all of this other stuff? that's just a women's objection. >> latest and jama, the book is john marshall. please thank john brookhiser. [applause] >> here's a look at some authors recently featured on booktv, "after words". our weekly author interview program that features best-selling, nonfiction books and guest interviewers. and activist reflect on his work with black lives matter and how to advance social justice movements. and the economic policies of the trump administration. and louise actually examine the growth of the legal global trade with the emergence of new technologies. in the coming weeks on "after words" journalist stephanie land will report on living in poverty. former trump administration strat

president of the and killedes shot the leader of the opposition party, alexander hamilton shot by aaron burr when jefferson became president, he's a strong anti-federalist so you soon see comingment proceedings through. first judicial impeachment of john pickering was that situation. a problematic judge but it was largely political reasons, an opportunity for the jeffersian parliament to remove a federal judge from the bench. >> article one says the senate sole power to try all impeachments. thepresident, i announce on part of the house to conduct impeachment proceedings. officials from office for treason, bribery or high crimes and misdemeanors is senate's ultimate tool in the checks and balances system. 19 trials areeir of federal judges with eight convictions, it is when they sit a court of impeachment of two presidents which gripped the nation. >> the impeachment trial of an absoluteon was sensation. it was for the johnson impeachment trial that they first issued gallery tickets for chamber.e this was the first really public trial that took place. if you look at publications of the day,

the united states shot and killed the leader of opposition party, alexander hamilton, who shot aaron burrbecame president, he's a strong .anti-federalist so soon, you start to see impeachment proceedings coming through. judicial impeachment of john pickering was that situation. where you had a problematic judge, but it was initiated largely for political reasons. an opportunity for the jeffersonian parliament to remove a federalist judge from the bench. article one, section three of the constitution says the senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachment. >> mr. president, i announce on the part of the house to conduct impeachment proceedings. narrator: removing officials from office for treason, bribery high crimes and misdemeanors is perhaps the senate's ultimate tool in the checks and balances system. while 15 of their 19 trials are of federal judges with eight convictions, it is when they sit as a court of impeachment of two presidents, which gripped the nation. >> the impeachment trial of andrew johnson was an absolute sensation. it was for the johnson impeachment trial that

plays aaron burr opposite miranda. >> it's more than just another way that. wreer show.'s what it feels like we're doing here. >> reporter: thursday night at the final dress rehearsal, miranda received a 21-second applause when he stepped on stage. >> this applause was so significantly different and electric because it was a homecoming. >> reporter: a homecoming that miranda and his fellow puerto ricans can raise a glass to. [ cheers and applause ] now that lin has come home -- by the way, he used to spend summers here with i had grandparents, he brought everybody. there are dozens of mirandas running around the island now. a lot will stay here for the whole three-week run. what a great celebration of the island. >> no doubt. i love that he was talking about his kid watching him in the show and having to explain it. great work down there. thank you very much for bringing it to us. >> reporter: you bet. >> someone else who's gotten a role of a lifetime and on a very big stage. the first female referee to official an nfl playoff game. that's coming up. you're watching "cbs