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Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Four experts on the American presidency review the only three impeachment cases from history--against Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton--and explore its power and meaning for today. 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...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The history and future of our democracy's ultimate sanction, presidential impeachment, and a guide to how it should be used now To End a Presidency addresses one of today's most urgent questions: when and whether to impeach a president. Laurence Tribe and Joshua Matz provide an authoritative guide to impeachment's past and a bold argument about its proper role today. In an era of expansive presidential power and intense partisanship, we must rethink...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Washington Post journalists Rachael Bade and Karoun Demirjian write about the inner workings of President Trump's impeachment.
"A revealing, behind-the-scenes examination of how Congress twice fumbled its best chance to hold accountable a president many considered one of the most dangerous in American history. The definitive--and only--insider account of both Trump impeachments, as told by the two reporters on the front lines covering them for the...
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"No one is above the law. This belief is as American as freedom of speech and turkey on Thanksgiving--held sacred by Democrats and Republicans alike. But as celebrated Supreme Court lawyer and former Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal argues in Impeach, if President Trump is not held accountable for repeatedly asking foreign powers to interfere in the 2020 presidential election, this could very well mark the end of our democracy. To quote President...
Publisher
Hot Books, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Covering topics ranging from the anonymous whistleblower's first attempts to spread the word about Trump's phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, to the Congressional testimony of Trump's advisers and ambassadors, to the statements of Rudy Giuliani and William Barr, and even the President's efforts to influence the inquiry, The Impeachment report offers readers the full findings of the Intelligence Committee's investigation, the articles...
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In a new memoir, the U.S. ambassador to the Ukraine, whose life and work have taught her the preciousness of democracy as well as the dangers of corruption, details her involvement in President Trump's impeachment inquiry and her response to his smear campaign.
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