161 condemnation at all events, but to a fair and impartial trial. Accordingly they consequently allow to the accused the right of preparing the means to secure such a trial.” When the prosecution retorted by citing the British constitutional principle that ‘the king can do no wrong’, Marshall replied: “By the constitution of the United States, the President may be impeached and removed from office on conviction of high crimes and misdemeanors. By the constitution of Great Britain the Crown is hereditary and the monarch can never become a subject.... The President is elected from the mass of the people, and on expiration of the time for which he is elected, he returns to the mass of the people again.’ Ultimately the jury declared Barr not guilty of the indictment. Jefferson immediately sent the trial records to the Congress demanding that the House