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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Though wary of monarchs, the Framers accepted that an executive branch was needed to control the chaos.
Chapter 3: The Framers purposely crafted impeachment as a vague, complex safeguard against corrupt future presidents.
Chapter 4: Andrew Johnson’s 1868 impeachment proved that Congress can’t oust a president merely for being insufferable.
Chapter 5: Nixon’s impeachment crisis compelled Congress to refine the impeachment process and to establish new limits on executive privilege.
Chapter 6: Clinton’s impeachment served as a further referendum on executive privilege, and on shifting public views of morality.
Chapter 7: Impeachment results from a poisonously partisan political climate; bipartisanship is essential to guide the nation through it.
Description
Impeachment (2018) details how the Framers of the US Constitution envisioned the process of removing a president, and how the three impeachment proceedings prior to Trump’s have played out. Spanning the years right after the American Revolution to the late twentieth century, Impeachment looks at how the Framers imagined impeachment as a safety valve for democracy, as well as how Congress used impeachment to sanction Presidents Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton.
Who Should Listen
- News junkies who’ve read every think piece about the Trump impeachment
- History hounds obsessed with the American experiment
- Anyone looking for a better grasp on current US affairs