Can Trump Be Disqualified From Office? History May Have the Answer

A new constitutional crisis has emerged with a question as to whether the president of the United States may be convicted by the Senate after being impeached by the House of Representatives subsequent to the president no longer holding office. The question is not directly addressed in the Constitution, nor in the Federalist Papers, which are often used to interpret the original intent of the draftsmen of the Constitution. History gives us a glimpse of an answer to the question, but not a definitive answer since it has never been tested in the courts.