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a legal guide for presidents and their enemies

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"Constitutional cliffhangers" was published by Yale University Press in 2012 - New Haven [Conn.], it has 252 pages and the language of the book is English.


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  • Title: Constitutional cliffhangers
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: 252
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
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  • Publish Location: New Haven [Conn.]

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  • Pagination: xii, 252 p. ;

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"Constitutional cliffhangers" Table Of Contents:

  • 1- Prosecuting a president
  • 2- The presidential self-pardon controversy
  • 3- Removing a "disabled" president
  • 4- The line of succession controversy
  • 5- Impeaching an ex-president
  • 6- The third-term controversy
  • 7- Getting out of trouble

"Constitutional cliffhangers" Description:

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"The United States Constitution contains some potentially fatal weaknesses surrounding presidential selection, replacement, or punishment that could lead to constitutional controversies. In this compelling and fascinating book, Brian C. Kalt envisions six such controversies, ranging from the criminal prosecution of a sitting president, to a two-term president's attempt to stay in power, to the ousting of an allegedly disabled president. None of these things have ever occurred, but in recent years, many of them almost have. The events Kalt describes are all situations where matters of constitutional interpretation would carry enormous political consequences. Because such events would put so much stress on our structure of government, we need to strive toward clear neutral rules that would resolve these situations smoothly and peacefully, rather than through a might-makes-right process"--

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