re: Trump’s Boldest Argument Yet: Immunity From Prosecution for Assassinations

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"But the party CONVICTED"

Impeachment = Indictment by House (essentially, a grand jury)

The Senate conducts the trial and CONVICTS (or acquits).

Thus, only after that process does the person impeached become "the party convicted" and only at that point are they subject to the other processes.

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You are adding intent that isn't there. It clearly allows the judicial check preventing the argument the legislative punishment is the sole punishment. It does not indicate it is meant to work the other direction, nothing in the texts indicates that if the legislative check is not used the judicial check no longer exists. The idea of 2 checks on each branch is a core principle, if the intent was to make one of those checks dependent on the other it would have been presented in clear language.