Federalist No. 66

Federalist No. 66 is an essay by Alexander Hamilton, the sixty-sixth of The Federalist Papers. It was published on March 8, 1788, under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all The Federalist papers were published. The title is "Objections to the Power of the Senate To Set as a Court for Impeachments Further Considered".

Federalist No. 66
Alexander Hamilton, author of Federalist No. 66
AuthorAlexander Hamilton
Original titleObjections to the Power of the Senate To Set as a Court for Impeachments Further Considered
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
PublisherThe Independent Journal
Publication date
March 8, 1788
Media typeNewspaper
Preceded byFederalist No. 65 
Followed byFederalist No. 67 

In this paper, Hamilton addresses specific objections to the power of the Senate to try impeachment cases, a discussion that is continued from the previous essay.

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