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1/ My ConLaw exam last semester: Lincoln was impeached, and removed from office. He sued the Sec of Treasury in Court of Claims for his salary; Lincoln claimed that he did not violate the Constitution. That case was then appealed to #SCOTUS joshblackman.com/blog/2019/01/0… 
2/ Lincoln asked #SCOTUS to decide if the Secretary properly withheld his salary. That question would turn on whether in fact Lincoln committed high crimes or misdemeanors. I concocted this fact pattern as one way the Court could be asked to review an impeachment proceeding.
3/ I deliberately ask students to answer questions at some time in the past, unencumbered by current #SCOTUS precedent. Here, students have to assess the question as a matter of first principles.
