| The Case Against Lame Duck Impeachment Contributor(s): Ackerman, Bruce (Author) |
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ISBN: 1583220046 ISBN-13: 9781583220047 Publisher: Seven Stories Press OUR PRICE: $7.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1999 Annotation: In The Case Against Lameduck Impeachment, Yale Law Professor Bruce Ackerman argues that the bill of Impeachment against President Clinton, passed in December 1998, expired on January 3rd, 1999, when a new House of Representatives began its term of office. It is unconstitutional for the Senate to begin a trial unless a majority of the newly elected House once again charges the President with "high crimen and misdemeanors." The newly elected House of 1999 contains 40 new members and five mote Democrats, suggesting that a new House vote could produce a different outcome on one or both of the lameduck articles of impeachment. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | American Government - General - Political Science | Political Process - Campaigns & Elections |
| Dewey: 342.73 |
| LCCN: 2006281465 |
| Series: Open Media |
| Physical Information: 0.29" H x 4.11" W x 6.7" (0.16 lbs) 80 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An incisive legal argument that the attempt to impeach then-President Bill Clinton was not only ethically troubling, but actually against the basic legal procedures of the House and Senate and thus unconstitutional. A wake-up call, relevant even today, of the lengths to which the American right will go in order to bring down their rivals, even under the scrutinizing eyes of the world. |