Impeachment: A HandbookIn the classic guide to presidential impeachment, Charles L. Black clarifies the issues and questions that surround this timely topic. With a foreword by constitutional expert Akhil Reed Amar, this authoritative book is essential reading for every concerned citizen. "The best essay written on the subject."--Jeffrey Rosen, New Republic "[Black's] timely volume clearly and lucidly covers everything from what constitutes "high crimes and misdemeanors" to the scope of Executive privilege. . . . The measure of his book's achievement is that it tells the reader not what to think but what to think about."--Time "A citizen's guide to impeachment. . . . Elegantly written, lucid, intelligent, and comprehensive."--Mary Ann Gale, New York Times Book Review "Black's survey is a dispassionate, invaluable beam of light. . . . This everyman's guide to impeachment outlines the process leading to the removal of a President by Congress, places it in historical perspective, [and] discusses the conundrums that spring from it. . . . It provides a major contribution to sanity in our government."--Newsweek "A model of how so serious an act of state should be approached."--Wall Street Journal |
Contents
The Part of the House of Representatives | 6 |
The Final Responsibility of Congress | 23 |
An Affirmative Approach to the Meaning | 36 |
Application to Particular Problems | 41 |
A Note on History | 49 |
SHORT OF IMPEACHMENT | 65 |
Bibliography | 71 |
Appendix B | 77 |