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• Impeachment

  An American History

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  Impeachment is rare, and for good reason. Only three times has a president's conduct led to such political disarray as to warrant his potential removal from office, transforming a political crisis into a constitutional one. None has yet succeeded.

• All the President's Men

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  The true story of how Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) uncovered the White House involvement in the Watergate break in.

• Impeachment

  a Citizen's Guide

  Sunstein, Cass R.

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  Preserving the Constitution and the democratic system it supports is the public's responsibility. One route the Constitution provides for discharging that duty is impeachment. Harvard Law professor Cass R. Sunstein provides a succinct citizen's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Impeached

  the Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy

  Stewart, David O.

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  One of our more controversial political figures, Andrew Johnson came closer than any other U.S. President to being removed from office through impeachment.

• The Impeachers

  the of Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation

  Wineapple, Brenda,

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  With the unchecked power of executive orders, Andrew Johnson pardoned the rebel states and their leaders, opposed black suffrage, and called Reconstruction unnecessary. Congress decided to take action against a President who acted like a king in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• To End a Presidency : The Power of Impeachment

  Tribe, Laurence

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  To End a Presidency addresses one of today's most urgent questions: when and whether to impeach a president. Laurence Tribe and Joshua Matz provide an authoritative guide to impeachment's past and a bold argument about its proper role today.

• The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln

  Carter, Stephen L., 1954-

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  The novel takes as its starting point an alternate history: President Abraham Lincoln survives the assassination attempt at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865--only to be charged with overstepping his Constitutional authority during the Civil War, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Case Against Impeaching Trump

  Dershowitz, Alan M.

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  The author seeks to reorient the debate over impeachment to the same standard that Dershowitz has continued to uphold for decades: the law of the United States of America, as established by the Constitution.

• The Case for Impeaching Trump

  Holtzman, Elizabeth,

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  The author presents the US Constitution's requirements for impeachment and, drawing on her experience as a US Congresswoman and a member of the House Judiciary Committee that voted to impeach Nixon, then presents evidence to prove that President…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Washington Journal

  Reporting Watergate and Richard Nixon's Downfall

  Drew, Elizabeth,

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  Washington Journal opens in 1973 and follows the deterioration of Richard Nixon's presidency in real time.

• Dick Cavett's Watergate

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  From 1972 to 1974 the Watergate scandal unfolded on The Dick Cavett Show, as Cavett interviewed nearly every major Watergate figure, even non-political guests expressed their opinions. Dick Cavett's Watergate documents the scandal in the words of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Contempt

  a Memoir of the Clinton Investigation

  Starr, Kenneth, 1946-2022,

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  Twenty years after the Starr Report and the Clinton impeachment, former special prosecutor Ken Starr shares his account of one of the most divisive periods in American history.

• The Starr Report

  the Findings of Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr on President Clinton and the Lewinsky Affair

  Starr, Kenneth, 1946-2022

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  The Starr Report contains the complete text of the Independent Counsel's report, the White House's response, and exclusive analysis and commentary by the Pulitzer Prize-winning staff of the Washington Post.

• The Final Days

  Woodward, Bob

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  The Washington Post reporters draw on interviews, leaks, and investigations to reconstruct the events and circumstances, in and outside the White House, during the unsettled and unsettling final weeks of the Nixon administration.

• Frost/Nixon

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  Richard Nixon is the disgraced president with a legacy to save. David Frost is a jet-setting television personality with a name to make. This is the legendary battle between the two men and the historic encounter that changed both their lives.

• How to Get Rid of a President

  History's Guide to Removing Unpopular, Unable, or Unfit Chief Executives

  Priess, David,

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  Some unpopular presidents, such as John Tyler, didn't reach reelection; others found themselves unceremoniously dumped by their own parties instead of voters.

• All the President's Men

  Bernstein, Carl, 1944-

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  At first, it was a simple story. Democratic headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. had been burglarized. But as Washington Post reporters Bernstein and Woodward dug deeper, a trail of corruption wound its way back to President…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A G-man's Life

  the FBI, Being "Deep Throat", and the Struggle for Honor in Washington

  Felt, W. Mark, 1913-2008

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  Only as he neared the end of his life did Felt confide his role in our national history to members of his family, who then shared it with their lawyer, John O'Connor. The answers to the questions Who is Mark Felt? And why did he risk so much for his…Read moreRead more of this annotation