Prosecution of the President of the United States

Prosecution of the President of the United States
Author: H. Lowell Brown
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2021-11-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3030813738

This book provides a detailed look at the constitutional, historical, and political arguments concerning presidential immunity from prosecution, as well as the opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel that provided the justification for the decision not to prosecute President Trump. Focusing on those opinions, the book examines the constitutional basis of presidential immunity, both textual and historical, as reflected in the deliberations of the 1787 Convention and the ratification debates. The opinions are viewed in the context of the criminal investigations of Presidents Nixon and Clinton that gave rise to those opinions, as well as the pronouncements of the Supreme Court concerning their claims, and those of President Trump to immunity from judicial inquiry. Lastly, the book analyzes presidential immunity in light of the separation of powers, the availability of impeachment, and the discordance between presidential immunity and the rule of law.

After Patrick Henry

After Patrick Henry
Author: Neal Q. Herrick
Publisher: Black Rose Books Ltd.
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781551643205

Neal Herrick demonstrates, in a lucid manner, that government corruption is the predominant problem facing society today. Although bribery and influence peddling are the most visible aspect of this corruption, they are not, in Herrick's analysis, the most serious. For Herrick, the more serious aspect of government corruption is the laws that bribery and influence peddling produce-laws that favour the corporations-resulting in, what he calls, a kind of delusional corruption that leads, for example, to unjust and unnecessary wars. Tracing both forms of corruption back through American history, Herrick gives a brief account of governmental descent into lawlessness, identifies the constitutional flaw that led to this lawlessness, and discusses some of the issues that must be considered in devising remedies. Book jacket.

The Impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton

The Impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton
Author: Daniel Cohen
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780761317111

A description of the events surrounding the impeachment of Bill Clinton explores the feelings of the American public at the time and the possible effects it will have on the future.