Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Misconduct in office
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Examining the Allegations of Misconduct Against IRS Commissioner John Koskinen
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Misconduct in office
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Misconduct in office
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Faithless Execution
Author: Andrew C McCarthy
Publisher: Encounter Books
ISBN: 1594037779
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
We still imagine ourselves a nation of laws, not of men. This is not merely an article of faith but a bedrock principle of the United States Constitution. Our founding compact provides a remedy against rulers supplanting the rule of law, and Andrew C. McCarthy makes a compelling case for using it. The authors of the Constitution saw practical reasons to place awesome powers in a single chief executive, who could act quickly and decisively in times of peril. Yet they well understood that unchecked power in one person’s hands posed a serious threat to liberty, the defining American imperative. Much of the debate at the Philadelphia convention therefore centered on how to stop a rogue executive who became a law unto himself. The Framers vested Congress with two checks on presidential excess: the power of the purse and the power of impeachment. They are potent remedies, and there are no others. It is a straightforward matter to establish that President Obama has committed “high crimes and misdemeanors,” a term signifying maladministration and abuses of power by holders of high public trust. But making the legal case is insufficient for successful impeachment, leading to removal from office. Impeachment is a political matter and hinges on public opinion. In Faithless Execution, McCarthy weighs the political dynamics as he builds a case, assembling a litany of abuses that add up to one overarching offense: the president’s willful violation of his solemn oath to execute the laws faithfully. The “fundamental transformation” he promised involves concentrating power into his own hands by flouting law—statutes, judicial rulings, the Constitution itself—and essentially daring the other branches of government to stop him. McCarthy contends that our elected representative are duty-bound to take up the dare.
Publisher: Encounter Books
ISBN: 1594037779
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
We still imagine ourselves a nation of laws, not of men. This is not merely an article of faith but a bedrock principle of the United States Constitution. Our founding compact provides a remedy against rulers supplanting the rule of law, and Andrew C. McCarthy makes a compelling case for using it. The authors of the Constitution saw practical reasons to place awesome powers in a single chief executive, who could act quickly and decisively in times of peril. Yet they well understood that unchecked power in one person’s hands posed a serious threat to liberty, the defining American imperative. Much of the debate at the Philadelphia convention therefore centered on how to stop a rogue executive who became a law unto himself. The Framers vested Congress with two checks on presidential excess: the power of the purse and the power of impeachment. They are potent remedies, and there are no others. It is a straightforward matter to establish that President Obama has committed “high crimes and misdemeanors,” a term signifying maladministration and abuses of power by holders of high public trust. But making the legal case is insufficient for successful impeachment, leading to removal from office. Impeachment is a political matter and hinges on public opinion. In Faithless Execution, McCarthy weighs the political dynamics as he builds a case, assembling a litany of abuses that add up to one overarching offense: the president’s willful violation of his solemn oath to execute the laws faithfully. The “fundamental transformation” he promised involves concentrating power into his own hands by flouting law—statutes, judicial rulings, the Constitution itself—and essentially daring the other branches of government to stop him. McCarthy contends that our elected representative are duty-bound to take up the dare.
Untrodden Ground
Author: Harold H. Bruff
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022641826X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Examines constitutional innovations related to executive power made by each of the nation's forty-four presidents.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022641826X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Examines constitutional innovations related to executive power made by each of the nation's forty-four presidents.
The Left's Assault on the American Idea
Author: David Limbaugh
Publisher: Creators Publishing
ISBN: 1945630280
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Brother of talk-show host Rush Limbaugh, David Limbaugh has been involved in American politics and law for quite some time, offering an intelligent conservative voice regarding hot contemporary topics. This is a collection of his best columns from 2014.
Publisher: Creators Publishing
ISBN: 1945630280
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Brother of talk-show host Rush Limbaugh, David Limbaugh has been involved in American politics and law for quite some time, offering an intelligent conservative voice regarding hot contemporary topics. This is a collection of his best columns from 2014.
Accountability, Impeachment and the Constitution
Author: Chris Monaghan
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000597466
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This book sets out and explores the case for a modernised impeachment process for the United Kingdom. The work examines the present law and history of impeachment in the United Kingdom, which today is widely regarded as having fallen into desuetude and its procedures inappropriate for modern conditions. It discusses how impeachment operates in two countries, the United States and Denmark, selected respectively for their marked differences from and similarities to the United Kingdom’s political and constitutional system, for the purposes of illumination and possible lessons for a new impeachment process. The book seeks to provide a balanced and independent examination of the case for this, concluding that it would have a valuable role to play in the future development of the United Kingdom’s system of politics and government. It concludes by setting out a detailed model for the structure, working and effect of impeachment. The book will be of interest to students, academics and policy-makers working in the areas of constitutional law and politics.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000597466
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This book sets out and explores the case for a modernised impeachment process for the United Kingdom. The work examines the present law and history of impeachment in the United Kingdom, which today is widely regarded as having fallen into desuetude and its procedures inappropriate for modern conditions. It discusses how impeachment operates in two countries, the United States and Denmark, selected respectively for their marked differences from and similarities to the United Kingdom’s political and constitutional system, for the purposes of illumination and possible lessons for a new impeachment process. The book seeks to provide a balanced and independent examination of the case for this, concluding that it would have a valuable role to play in the future development of the United Kingdom’s system of politics and government. It concludes by setting out a detailed model for the structure, working and effect of impeachment. The book will be of interest to students, academics and policy-makers working in the areas of constitutional law and politics.
Credit Flows and Interest Costs
Author: Arnold Harold Diamond
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Credit
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Credit
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
David Limbaugh: Volume I
Author: David Limbaugh
Publisher: Creators Publishing
ISBN: 1942448015
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
David Limbaugh: Volume I is a collection of columns by David S. Limbaugh.
Publisher: Creators Publishing
ISBN: 1942448015
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
David Limbaugh: Volume I is a collection of columns by David S. Limbaugh.
United States Reports
Author: United States. Supreme Court
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
An Affair of State
Author: Richard A. Posner
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674042328
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
President Bill Clinton’s year of crisis, which began when his affair with Monica Lewinsky hit the front pages in January 1998, engendered a host of important questions of criminal and constitutional law, public and private morality, and political and cultural conflict. In a book written while the events of the year were unfolding, Richard Posner presents a balanced and scholarly understanding of the crisis that also has the freshness and immediacy of journalism. Posner clarifies the issues and eliminates misunderstandings concerning facts and the law that were relevant to the investigation by Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr and to the impeachment proceeding itself. He explains the legal definitions of obstruction of justice and perjury, which even many lawyers are unfamiliar with. He carefully assesses the conduct of Starr and his prosecutors, including their contacts with the lawyers for Paula Jones and their hardball tactics with Monica Lewinsky and her mother. He compares and contrasts the Clinton affair with Watergate, Iran–Contra, and the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, exploring the subtle relationship between public and private morality. And he examines the place of impeachment in the American constitutional scheme, the pros and cons of impeaching President Clinton, and the major procedural issues raised by both the impeachment in the House and the trial in the Senate. This book, reflecting the breadth of Posner’s experience and expertise, will be the essential foundation for anyone who wants to understand President Clinton’s impeachment ordeal.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674042328
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
President Bill Clinton’s year of crisis, which began when his affair with Monica Lewinsky hit the front pages in January 1998, engendered a host of important questions of criminal and constitutional law, public and private morality, and political and cultural conflict. In a book written while the events of the year were unfolding, Richard Posner presents a balanced and scholarly understanding of the crisis that also has the freshness and immediacy of journalism. Posner clarifies the issues and eliminates misunderstandings concerning facts and the law that were relevant to the investigation by Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr and to the impeachment proceeding itself. He explains the legal definitions of obstruction of justice and perjury, which even many lawyers are unfamiliar with. He carefully assesses the conduct of Starr and his prosecutors, including their contacts with the lawyers for Paula Jones and their hardball tactics with Monica Lewinsky and her mother. He compares and contrasts the Clinton affair with Watergate, Iran–Contra, and the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, exploring the subtle relationship between public and private morality. And he examines the place of impeachment in the American constitutional scheme, the pros and cons of impeaching President Clinton, and the major procedural issues raised by both the impeachment in the House and the trial in the Senate. This book, reflecting the breadth of Posner’s experience and expertise, will be the essential foundation for anyone who wants to understand President Clinton’s impeachment ordeal.
Pennsylvania County Court Reports
Author: Pennsylvania. Courts
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description