Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton appears in 173.弹劾：如何罢免一位总统 as the founding-era voice for a strong, energetic executive inside the United States Constitution debate. The episode uses him to explain why the U.S. chose a single president rather than a plural executive or a parliamentary cabinet.

Hamilton’s role in the source is to sharpen the central tradeoff. A single executive can act with energy and accountability, but only if the office remains removable through election and, in extreme cases, impeachment. That is why the president is contrasted with a king rather than equated with one.

78.西方决斗史：出剑吧！为了荣誉！ adds Hamilton as the fatal American political-dueling case. His duel with Aaron Burr shows how honor duel culture could pull republican political conflict out of institutions and into private armed ritual, making reputation defense politically and historically costly.

Connections

• United States Constitution - constitutional design context for his argument.
• Presidential System - executive form the episode uses him to explain.
• Presidential Impeachment and Separation Of Powers - constraints that distinguish a president from a monarch in the source.
• Constitutional Robustness - broader institutional-design lesson drawn from the episode.
• Aaron Burr / 阿伦·伯尔, Honor Duel Culture / 荣誉决斗文化, Proceduralized Violence / 程序化暴力, and Weapon Technology And Duel Lethality / 武器技术与决斗致命性 - dueling branch added by episode 78.