Book contents
- High Crimes and Misdemeanors
- Reviews
- High Crimes and Misdemeanors
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction to the Second Edition
- 1 British Impeachments, 1376–1787
- 2 American Impeachments before 1787
- 3 The Founders’ Impeachment
- 4 Impeaching Legislators and Lesser Executive Branch Officials
- 5 Impeachment of Judges
- 6 The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
- 7 The Fall of President Richard Nixon
- 8 The Strange Case of William Jefferson Clinton
- 9 How Donald J. Trump Became President
- 10 The Mueller Investigation: Trump Avoids Impeachment for Russian Collusion and Obstruction of Justice
- 11 Paths Not Taken to Trump Impeachment: Emoluments and Self-Enrichment
- 12 The Twenty-Fifth Amendment Alternative
- 13 Ukraine, a “Perfect Call” and the Road to Trump’s First Impeachment
- 14 The House Impeaches Trump for Ukraine
- 15 The First Senate Trial of Donald Trump
- 16 The Verdict in the First Trump Impeachment and Its Lessons
- 17 Donald Trump’s Second Impeachment, Trial, and Acquittal
- 18 Conclusion: The Future of Impeachment
- Appendix United States Impeachments: 1789 to Present
- Notes
- Index
18 - Conclusion: The Future of Impeachment
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 November 2023
- High Crimes and Misdemeanors
- Reviews
- High Crimes and Misdemeanors
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction to the Second Edition
- 1 British Impeachments, 1376–1787
- 2 American Impeachments before 1787
- 3 The Founders’ Impeachment
- 4 Impeaching Legislators and Lesser Executive Branch Officials
- 5 Impeachment of Judges
- 6 The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
- 7 The Fall of President Richard Nixon
- 8 The Strange Case of William Jefferson Clinton
- 9 How Donald J. Trump Became President
- 10 The Mueller Investigation: Trump Avoids Impeachment for Russian Collusion and Obstruction of Justice
- 11 Paths Not Taken to Trump Impeachment: Emoluments and Self-Enrichment
- 12 The Twenty-Fifth Amendment Alternative
- 13 Ukraine, a “Perfect Call” and the Road to Trump’s First Impeachment
- 14 The House Impeaches Trump for Ukraine
- 15 The First Senate Trial of Donald Trump
- 16 The Verdict in the First Trump Impeachment and Its Lessons
- 17 Donald Trump’s Second Impeachment, Trial, and Acquittal
- 18 Conclusion: The Future of Impeachment
- Appendix United States Impeachments: 1789 to Present
- Notes
- Index
Summary
The concluding chapter quickly surveys the arc of impeachment history through the two acquittals of Donald Trump and considers whether impeachment remains a useful tool against presidential overreach and what the two acquittals of Trump suggest about the health of the American political project.
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- High Crimes and MisdemeanorsA History of Impeachment for the Age of Trump, pp. 418 - 427Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023