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american framers in 1787, they were debating about whether or not they should have this impeachment power, the american constitution. and the reason they decided they needed it was precisely that they were concerned that elections, elections every four years for presidents, wouldn t be enough to deal with a president who began to misuse his power. and for that reason, they decided to have impeachment. then when they decided on the formula for impeaching presidents, they expanded it at the end of the summer to include high crimes and misdemeanors and they expanded it in part in response to an argument by george mason who specifically cited an impeachment that was going on in great britain at that time. and what mason said is we need an impeachment that includes the same kinds of offenses for which warren hastings is now being impeached in england. what was he being impeached for which parliament has called high