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.

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.

Legislative Calendar

Legislative Calendar
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher:
Total Pages: 926
Release: 1999
Genre:
ISBN:

High Crimes and Misdemeanors

High Crimes and Misdemeanors
Author: Frank O. Bowman III
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 637
Release: 2023-10-31
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1009401017

This book combines historical and constitutional analysis of impeachment in the UK and US with a lively new account of both Trump impeachments by a leading scholar whose writings and advice were influential in both cases. This second edition is the only comprehensive, up-to-date history of Anglo-American impeachment.

Senate of the United States

Senate of the United States
Author: N. O. Kura
Publisher: Nova Publishers
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2006
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781594545252

The Senate is one of the two houses of the Congress, created in Article I, Section 1 of the US Constitution. The Senate has 100 members, who serve for 6-year terms with one-third of the seats up for re-election every two years. Every state has two Senators. This book sheds light on the structure and operating procedures of this dynamic body.