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Impeachment - A Citizen's Guide (Paperback)
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As Benjamin Franklin famously put it, Americans have a republic, if
we can keep it. Preserving the Constitution and the democratic
system it supports is the public's responsibility. One route the
Constitution provides for discharging that duty-a route rarely
traveled-is impeachment. Cass R. Sunstein provides a succinct
citizens' guide to an essential tool of self-government. He
illuminates the constitutional design behind impeachment and
emphasizes the people's role in holding presidents accountable.
Despite intense interest in the subject, impeachment is widely
misunderstood. Sunstein identifies and corrects a number of
misconceptions. For example, he shows that the Constitution, not
the House of Representatives, establishes grounds for impeachment,
and that the president can be impeached for abuses of power that do
not violate the law. Even neglect of duty counts among the "high
crimes and misdemeanors" delineated in the republic's foundational
document. Sunstein describes how impeachment helps make sense of
our constitutional order, particularly the framers' controversial
decision to install an empowered executive in a nation deeply
fearful of kings. With an eye toward the past and the future,
Impeachment: A Citizen's Guide considers a host of actual and
imaginable arguments for a president's removal, explaining why some
cases are easy and others hard, why some arguments for impeachment
have been judicious and others not. In direct and approachable
terms, it dispels the fog surrounding impeachment so that Americans
of all political convictions may use their ultimate civic authority
wisely.
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