Improper Ascendant
“In particular, foreign interference in the American political system was among the gravest dangers feared by the Founders of our Nation and the Framers of our Constitution.
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“For example, in a letter to Thomas Jefferson, John Adams wrote: ‘You are apprehensive of foreign Interference, Intrigue, Influence. So am I.—But, as often as Elections happen, the danger of foreign Influence recurs.’
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“And in Federalist No. 68, Hamilton cautioned that the ‘most deadly adversaries of republican government’ may come ‘chiefly from the desire in foreign powers to gain an improper ascendant in our councils.’” — The Majority Staff of the House Committee on the Judiciary; Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment, p. 23
Angus Greig
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