In many ways, the issues surrounding the impeachment of Samuel Chase were a microcosm of the politics extant in the Revolutionary and Ratification Periods. As the nation grappled with how political parties would operate in our Constitutional system, this trial was fundamental in how the Judicial Branch would subsequently evolve. In this interview, John Kaminski discusses the clashes between Samuel Chase and the Jeffersonians that lead to his impeachment trial in 1805.