Previous edition: 2019. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- British impeachments (1376-1787) -- American impeachments before 1787 -- The founders' impeachment -- Impeaching legislators and lesser executive branch officials -- Impeachment of judges -- The impeachment of Andrew Johnson -- The fall of President Richard Nixon -- The strange case of William Jefferson Clinton -- How Donald J. Trump became president -- The Mueller investigation: Trump avoids impeachment for Russian collusion and obstruction of justice -- Paths not taken to Trump impeachment: emoluments and self-enrichment -- The twenty-fifth amendment alternative -- Ukraine, a "perfect call" and the road to Trump's first impeachment -- The House impeaches Trump for Ukraine -- The first Senate trial of Donald Trump -- The verdict in the first Trump impeachment and its lessons -- Donald Trump's second impeachment trial, and acquittal -- Conclusion: the future of impeachment.
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