Alexander Hamilton suggested this idea because the judges will "be too often the leaders, or the tools of the most cunning or the most numerous faction; and on this account can hardly be expected to possess the requisite neutrality towards those, whose conduct may be the subject of scrutiny (pg. 5)." Those who desire the impeachment cannot be expected full and bias judgment.
Sebastian Mallaby discusses how Americans are unified in everything except democracy. Your taught in school about the Declaration of Independence and you live by it, but while it was established for the people, or rather in the name of the people, it still ignores the problems of the everyday person. I think the part of the article that talks about idealism and cynicism is true. "It is precisely because of their idealistic expectations that Americans have fallen into cynicism. Because they are idealistic, Americans are constantly proposing ways of improving their political system. When these proposals fail, cynicism prevails (pg. 11)." I think that this is true because Americans have unrealistic requests and when these requests aren't fulfilled, there is distrust in the government. .
Democracy is when ordinary people have a say in government issues and how they are conducted. Americans also think that democracy is good because the alternatives are worse. There are two types of democracy discussed in the book. They are direct democracy and representative democracy. Direct or participatory democracy works better on a small scale because a group from a community voluntarily comes together to vote in the well being of the community. In contrast, representative democracy works better on a large scale because then it is taken to the polls and representatives are elected to make decisions for the people. Direct democracy values participation by everyone, while representative democracy is as affective without all the participation from everyone.
