governor morris was against the dependence of the executive on the legislature considering the legislature, you will pardon me quoting this, a great danger to be apprehended. i don't agree with that. james about the president being improperly dependent on the legislature. others worried about a feeble executive. hearing these and other arguments against turning the new republican into a parliamentary democracy in which the legislature had the power to remove the president, the framers set out to strike the appropriate balance between the broad concerns that led them to vote for impeaching the president and the need for specific criteria not subject to legislative abuse or overuse. among the aye tier i cancriterie malpractice, neglect of duty, malconduct, neglect in the execution of office, and this word we'll come back to talk about, maladministration. it was the response to the last term, a term used in britain, as a criteria for impeachment that madison responded so vague a term, will be equivalent to a tenure during the pleasure of the senate. upon hearing madison's objections, colonel mason withdrew maladministration and substituted other high crimes and misdemeanors. had a delicate