Bibliograph

Impeachment, an American history, Jeffrey A. Engel, Jon Meacham, Timothy Naftali, Peter Baker

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Label

Impeachment, an American history, Jeffrey A. Engel, Jon Meacham, Timothy Naftali, Peter Baker

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-254) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Impeachment

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1056250884

Responsibility statement

Jeffrey A. Engel, Jon Meacham, Timothy Naftali, Peter Baker

Sub title

an American history

Summary

"Impeachment is rare, and for good reason. Designed to check tyrants or defend the nation from a commander-in-chief who refuses to do so, the process of impeachment outlined in the Constitution is what Thomas Jefferson called "the most formidable weapon for the purpose of a dominant faction that was ever contrived." It nullifies the will of voters, the basic foundation of legitimacy for all representative democracies. Only three times has a president's conduct led to such political disarray as to warrant his potential removal from office, transforming a political crisis into a constitutional one. None has yet succeeded. In the first book to consider these three presidents alone, and the one thing they have in common, Jeffrey Engel, Jon Meacham, Timothy Naftali, and Peter Baker explain that the basis and process of impeachment is more political than it is a legal verdict. The Constitution states that the president, "shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors," leaving room for historical precedent and the temperament of the time to weigh heavily on each case. These three cases highlight factors beyond the president's behavior that impact the likelihood and outcome of an impeachment: the president's relationship with Congress, the power and resilience of the office itself, and the polarization of the moment. This is a realist, rather than hypothetical, view of impeachment that looks to history for clues about its future--with one obvious candidate in mind"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Andrew Johnson / Jon Meacham -- Richard Nixon / Timothy Naftali -- Bill Clinton / Peter Baker -- The Constitution and Donald Trump / Jeffrey A. Engel

Target audience

adult

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Creator