The Case for Impeachment

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

“Lichtman has written what may be the most important book of the

year.” —The Hill

What are

the ranges and limitations of presidential authority? What are the standards of

truthfulness that a president must uphold? What will it take to impeach Donald J. Trump? Professor Allan J.

Lichtman, who has correctly forecasted thirty years of presidential outcomes, answers

these questions, and more, in The Case for Impeachment—a deeply convincing

argument for impeaching the 45th president of the United States.

In the fall of 2016, Allan J. Lichtman made headlines when he

predicted that Donald J. Trump would defeat the heavily favored Democrat,

Hillary Clinton, to win the presidential election. Now, in clear, nonpartisan

terms, Lichtman lays out the reasons Congress could remove Trump from the Oval

Office: his ties to Russia before and after the election, the complicated

financial conflicts of interest at home and abroad, and his abuse of executive

authority.

The Case for Impeachment also

offers a fascinating look at presidential impeachments throughout American

history, including the often-overlooked story of Andrew Johnson’s impeachment,

details about Richard Nixon’s resignation, and Bill Clinton’s hearings.

Lichtman shows how Trump exhibits many of the flaws (and more) that have doomed

past presidents. As the Nixon Administration dismissed the reporting of Bob

Woodward and Carl Bernstein as “character assassination” and “a vicious abuse

of the journalistic process,” Trump has attacked the “dishonest media,”

claiming, “the press should be ashamed of themselves.”

Historians, legal scholars, and politicians alike agree: we are

in politically uncharted waters—the durability of our institutions is being

undermined and the public’s confidence in them is eroding, threatening American

democracy itself.

Most

citizens—politics aside—want to know where the country is headed. Lichtman

argues, with clarity and power, that for Donald Trump’s presidency, smoke has

become fire.

© 2017 Dey Street Books (Sesli Kitap): 9780062740519
© 2017 Dey Street Books (E-Kitap): 9780062696830

Yayın tarihi

Sesli Kitap: 18 Nisan 2017
E-Kitap: 18 Nisan 2017