Title: Impeachment Pdf A Citizen's Guide
Author: Cass R. Sunstein
Published Date: 2019-06-25
Page: 304
“With insight, wisdom, affection, and concern, Sunstein has written the story of impeachment every citizen needs to know. This is a remarkable, essential book.”—Doris Kearns Goodwin“Thoroughly grounded in constitutional history and past practice… Excellent.”—Noah Feldman and Jacob Weisberg, The New York Review of Books“Sunstein’s goal was to lay out a legal and historical framework for thinking about impeachment, independent of any specific president. I’ve been thinking about the topic a lot since finishing the book, and I want to recommend [it]… [It’s a] careful history of impeachment—of when the founders believed it was appropriate and necessary.”—David Leonhardt, The New York Times“Considering that the only executive branch event more unnerving for voters than impeachment is assassination, Sunstein’s book…is a surprisingly cheerful read.”—Sarah Vowell, The New York Times“Sunstein has written a concise, enlightening, and argumentative history and guide to getting rid of presidents… It’s more of a why-to and when-to, and a what-were-they-thinking-when-they-decided-to kind of book. Sunstein delves into the writings, speeches, and deliberations of America’s revolutionary generation.”—Carlos Lozada, The Washington Post“An elegant new monograph.”—Andrew Sullivan, The New York Times Book Review“A lively, compact, and authoritative account… [Sunstein] addresses the most intriguing questions posed by this little used but pivotal constitutional provision… Truly lives up to its promise of being ‘A Citizen’s Guide.’ …Excellent.”—Stephen Rohde, The Los Angeles Review of Books“Explains the historical origins of the impeachment concept, and offers a checklist as to when the principle might be applied… Now, more than ever, cool heads are needed to safeguard the U.S. Republic: thank goodness for this book—and its handy impeachment checklist.”—Gillian Tett, Financial Times“Impeachment: A Citizen’s Guide offers edifying background for an argument that might soon be in need of eloquent, as well as passionate, delivery.”—Richard Blaustein, The Los Angeles Review of Books“A compact, concise, and highly relevant civics lesson. There have been a number of books published about impeachment, many of them partisan manifestoes. What makes Sunstein’s book of such great interest is its lack of fanfare and knife‐sharpening. The author is a learned and accessible guide as he maneuvers his way through the history of democracy’s nuclear option… A welcome, timely, ideal primer.”—Kirkus Reviews“The book is a tribute to the Founding Fathers’ wisdom in providing for a remedy in case someone who is vicious, lawless and unfit should somehow end up in power.”—Scott McLemee, Inside Higher Ed“Sunstein is well positioned to provide this balanced and timely overview of the role of impeachment in American democracy… An essential guide to understanding impeachment’s function within the ‘constitutional system as a whole’ and a persuasive argument that the impeachment clause places ‘the fate of the republic’ in the hands of its citizenry.”—Publishers Weekly“This slim book is thoroughly researched, easy to read and for some perhaps a real eye-opener.”—Owen Dawson, The Irish Times“Offers a highly accessible, brilliantly thoughtful, and politically neutral analysis of what the Constitution means for our present moment and for generations that follow.”—Ryan Goodman, Just Security“With speculation rife about the possibility of impeaching President Trump, this little book is indeed timely.”—Felix M. Larkin, The Irish Catholic“Sunstein provides a brief, readable survey of the issue, beginning with early English history and continuing to the present… Sunstein concludes with key questions that every American should consider together with the constitutional standards that would govern it.”—W. C. Johnson, Choice Cass R. Sunstein is the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard University, where he is founder and director of the Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy. He is the most cited law professor in the United States and probably the world. He has served as administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs and as a member of the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies. Winner of the 2018 Holberg Prize, Sunstein is a columnist for Bloomberg View and a frequent adviser to governments all over the world. His many books include the bestsellers Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness (with Richard H. Thaler) and The World According to Star Wars.
An essential guide to the impeachment process that rises above politics and goes beyond punditry, from one of America's foremost legal experts, including analysis of the Mueller Report.
As Benjamin Franklin famously put it, Americans have a republic, if we can keep it. Preserving the Constitution and the democratic system it supports is the public's responsibility. One route the Constitution provides for discharging that duty--a route rarely traveled--is impeachment.
Harvard Law professor Cass R. Sunstein provides a succinct citizen's guide to this essential tool of self-government. Taking us deeper than mere partisan politics, he illuminates the constitutional design behind impeachment and emphasizes the people's role in holding presidents accountable. In spite of the loud national debate between pundits and politicians alike over whether or not to impeach Trump, impeachment remains widely misunderstood. Sunstein identifies and corrects a number of common misconceptions. For example, he shows how the Constitution, not the House of Representatives, establishes grounds for impeachment, and that the president can be impeached for abuses of power that do not violate the law. Even neglect of duty counts among the "high crimes and misdemeanors" delineated in the republic's foundational document. Sunstein describes how impeachment helps make sense of our constitutional order, particularly the framers' controversial decision to install an empowered executive in a nation deeply fearful of kings.
With an eye toward the past and the future, Impeachment: A Citizen's Guide considers a host of actual and imaginable arguments for a president's removal, explaining why some cases are easy and others hard, why some arguments for impeachment have been judicious and others not. And with an appendix on the Mueller report, it puts the current national debate in its proper historical context. In direct and approachable terms, it dispels the fog surrounding impeachment so that Americans of all political convictions may use their ultimate civic authority wisely.
Joy to Read Educational, informative and well researched. Timely and a joy to read. A must for anyone interested in our foundation as a nation.Recommended for All, Even with the Nudges As one who was not a fan of Cass Sunstein in 2008, I hesitated to purchase this book. In the end, I fell back on what usually drives me, which is you can't learn anything if you only read one side.For most of Mr. Sunstein's part of the book (about 40% is dedicated to excerpts from The Mueller Report), I was pleasantly surprised. His history of the Founding Fathers and the creation of The Constitution was entertaining and informative. As to be expected, extensive time centered around the concept of Impeachment. This included the arguments between those crafting the Constitution, some of the initial drafts, and why the Founders ultimately chose to use the words they did.From Chapter 1, in the author’s own words: “My principal goal in this book is to try to dissolve the mist, and in the process recover something about our nation’s origins and aspirations.” An admirable goal, and had the author stopped there, the book might have finished untainted by a partisan view. I should have known better but missed the importance of the next sentence: “But what ultimately inspired me to pursue this topic was something far more personal.”I will stop here and say, for the information in Chapters 1-10, I would encourage everyone to read this book. Mr. Sunstein presents a well-rounded view of not only what constitutes impeachment, but also delves into the Twenty-Fifth Amendment (dealing with situations when the President is unable to discharge his duties). He challenges the issues from both sides of the aisle, always falling back to the Constitution for guidance. Kudos for these chapters…except for the couple of nudges slipped in.For a test case example, the author described events preceding the 2016 election (based on what some believe happened), and without naming any names, Mr. Sunstein declares that the President should be impeached. He refers back to this case a number of times, nudging us in the direction that will lead us to the Afterward. Everything comes together here, where the Mueller report is quoted along with Nancy Pelosi. The author takes Ms. Pelosi to task for her statement that impeachment is “divisive” and “unless there’s something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don’t think we should go down that path, because it divides the country.”Based on Mr. Sunstein’s own statements, that history demonstrates that a President will be acquitted of impeachment unless most of the country is in agreement against that finding, his argument as to what Ms. Pelosi really meant don’t hold water. Although the author continues to nudge us toward his ultimate conclusion, that President Trump should be impeached and Ms. Pelosi is not doing her duty, it is important to also consider Mr. Sunstein’s words when he is offering his explanation of Mr. Mueller’s report. The author feels that Mr. Mueller “…declined to say that Trump committed obstruction of justice (though for reasons sketched above, he probably thinks that he did.” The key words here are “he probably thinks that he did,” as Mr. Sunstein would need to clarify with Mr. Mueller exactly what he meant in the report (not to mention giving Ms. Pelosi the same courtesy). Thus the author’s insistence on impeaching the President lies on his interpretation of what Mr. Mueller said. (In fairness, if Mr. Mueller stated unequivocally that he meant exactly what Mr. Sunstein insists he meant, I would be forced to rethink my own thoughts).Bottom line: Recommended reading for everyone, as it is a good history lesson and clearly explains what impeachment is and when it should be used. The Afterward contains Mr. Sunstein’s personal thoughts (see paragraph 3 above) and the rest of the book are excerpts from the Mueller report (the author does suggest one may read the entire report, which can be found elsewhere. Although I was not happy with the nudges, it is not fair to award less stars because of them. Most of the book was good, informative reading. Three-and-a-half, rounded to four stars.It's informative and important. He encourages the neutral mood from the start, which is the best way to do it.It's sometimes difficult to make your way through the flower beds of words to get one point across accurately, moreso from the 1700s and 1800s documents. Cass does a good job of summing up each paragraph, not always blatantly. Still, sometimes hard to comprehend if you're not used to these things. Maybe I just need to regulate my reading pace.
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