allowed elections to serve as a crucial means for ensuring presidential accountability. second in the british system, the king could do no wrong. and no other parts of the government could check his misconduct. and in our constitution, the framers developed the concept of separation of powers, which consists of checks and balances, designed to prevent any branch, including the presidency, from becoming too radical. third in the british system, everyone but the king was impeachable. our framer's generation pledged their lives and fortunes to rebel against the monarch whom they saw as corrupt, tyrannical and entitled to do no wrong. in our declaration of independence, the framers set for atmosphere series of impeachable offenses that the king had committed against the american colonists. when the framers later convened in philadelphia to draft our constitution, they were united around a simple, indisputable principle that was a major safe guard for the public. with at the people, against