Impeachment: A HandbookYale University Press, 07.10.1998 - 96 Seiten In a classic guide to presidential impeachment, Charles L. Black clarifies the issues and questions that surround this controversial subject. With a new 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 |
Inhalt
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE PROCEDURES | 5 |
The Part of the House of Representatives | 6 |
The Part of the Senate | 9 |
Some Special Procedural Points | 14 |
Should Hearings Be Public? | 19 |
Is There Any Presidential Privilege in Impeachment Proceedings? | 20 |
The Final Responsibility of Congress | 23 |
Application to Particular Problems | 41 |
Use of Tax System to Harass Opponents | 42 |
Unauthorized Warlike Operations | 44 |
Improper Campaign Tactics | 45 |
Some Final Considerations | 46 |
GoodFaith Belief in the Rightness of an Act | 47 |
Substantiality | 48 |
A Note on History | 49 |
The Place of Lawyers | 24 |
THE IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE | 25 |
Bribery | 26 |
Other high Crimes and Misdemeanors | 27 |
The Relation between Impeachable Offenses and Ordinary Crimes | 33 |
An Affirmative Approach to the Meaning of high Crimes and Misdemeanors | 36 |
IMPEACHMENT AND THE COURTS | 53 |
May Congress Use the Federal Courts to Assist in Impeachment Investigations? | 63 |
5 SHORT OF IMPEACHMENT | 65 |
Bibliography | 71 |
Appendix B | 77 |
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