Franklin / Caress / Sanders The Politics of Presidential Impeachment

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-4384-8005-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 268 Seiten

Reihe: SUNY series in American Constitutionalism

Argues that impeachment may no longer be an effective check on overreach by American presidents.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Franklin, Daniel P.

Caress, Stanley M.

Sanders, Robert M.

Taratoot, Cole D.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Impeachment: Safeguard or Political Weapon?

2. Methods: Analyzing Presidential Impeachment

3. The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

4. The Impeachment and Resignation of Richard Nixon

5. Ronald Reagan and the Iran-Contra Affair

6. The Impeachment of Bill Clinton

7. Conclusion: The Politics of Impeachment

Postscript: The Trump Impeachment

Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Daniel P. Franklin is Associate Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Georgia State University and author of Pitiful Giants: Presidents in Their Final Terms. Stanley M. Caress (1951–2016) was Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of West Georgia and coauthor (with Todd T. Kunioka) of Term Limits and Their Consequences: The Aftermath of Legislative Reform, also published by SUNY Press. Robert M. Sanders is Professor of Political Science at the University of West Georgia. Cole D. Taratoot received his PhD in political science from Georgia State University.