Impeachment: A guide to literature on its legal and political theories, and its history

Majesty and mystery -- From king to president -- "Shall any man be above justice?" -- What We the People heard -- Interpreting the Constitution : an interlude -- Impeachment, American-style -- Twenty-one cases -- The Twenty-fifth Amendment -- What every American should know -- Keeping the republic.

1. The basic terms -- 2. The history of the federal impeachment process -- 3. Which federal officials are impeachable -- 4. Defining impeachable offenses -- 5. Explaining the procedures in impeachment -- 6. Explaining what punishments the Senate may impose -- 7. Impeachment in the states and around the world -- 8. Will Donald Trump be impeached? -- Conclusion -- Appendix: table of US impeachments.

As Congress prepares articles of impeachment of President Trump, read the definitive book on presidential impeachment and how it should be used today. Impeachment is our ultimate constitutional check against an out-of-control executive. But it is also a perilous and traumatic undertaking for the nation. In this authoritative examination, Laurence Tribe and Joshua Matz rise above the daily clamor to illuminate impeachment's proper role in our age of broken politics. To End a Presidency is an essential book for anyone seeking to understand how this fearsome power should be deployed.

Introduction -- Origins of impeachment law -- Legal principles and processes of impeachment -- Federal impeachments in the United States -- Conclusion.

The little understood yet great power of impeachment lodged in the Congress is dissected in this text through history by Raoul Berger, a leading scholar on the subject. He sheds new light on whether impeachment is limited to indictable crimes, on whether there is jurisdiction to impeach for misconduct outside office, and on whether impeachment must precede indictment. Berger also finds firm footing in contesting the views of one-time Judge Robert Bork and President Nixon's lawyer, James St Clair.

For the third time in forty-five years, America is talking about impeaching a president, but the impeachment provisions of the American constitution are widely misunderstood. In High Crimes and Misdemeanors, constitutional scholar Frank O. Bowman, III offers unprecedented clarity to the question of impeachment, tracing its roots to medieval England through its adoption in the Constitution and 250 years of American experience. By examining the human and political history of those who have faced impeachment, Bowman demonstrates that the Framers intended impeachment to be a flexible tool, adaptable to the needs of any age. Written in a lively, engaging style, the book combines a deep historical and constitutional analysis of the impeachment clauses, a coherent theory of when impeachment should be used to protect constitutional order against presidential misconduct, and a comprehensive presentation of the case for and against impeachment of President Trump. It is an indispensable work for the present moment.

Charles L. Black Jr.'s classic guide to presidential impeachment, now in an updated edition with new material by Philip Bobbitt Originally published at the height of the Watergate crisis and reissued in 1998, two months before the second impeachment of a U.S. president, Charles Black's Impeachment became the premier guide to the subject of presidential impeachment. Now thoroughly updated, it is essential reading for every concerned citizen.   Praise for earlier editions of Impeachment:   "The most important book ever written on presidential impeachment."--Lawfare   "A model of how so serious an act of state should be approached."--Wall Street Journal   "The best essay written on the subject."--Jeffrey Rosen, New Republic   "A citizen's guide to impeachment. . . . Elegantly written, lucid, intelligent, and comprehensive."--Mary Ann Gale, New York Times Book Review

Introduction / Jeffrey A. Engel -- The Constitution / Jeffrey A. Engel -- Andrew Johnson / Jon Meacham -- Richard Nixon / Timothy Naftali -- Bill Clinton / Peter Baker -- Conclusion / /Jeffrey A. Engel