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Impeachment in U.S. History

Impeachment in U.S. History

Kaufman, Scott
Bolt, William K.

Hardcover

Series: Seminar Studies

20th Century United States History21st Century United States HistoryGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 1032933925
ISBN13: 9781032933924
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 26 2025
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book offers the most comprehensive study yet of the history behind impeachment in the United States, considering its use against presidents, judges, justices, and members of the cabinet.

Although the Founding Fathers intended for the impeachment of federal officials to take place rarely, and only for the most egregious instances of malfeasance, calls for impeaching members of the U.S. government seem today to be almost routine. Presenting their arguments in a manner engaging to laypersons and specialists alike, authors Bolt and Kaufman describe the precolonial and colonial origins of impeachment in the United States, how the Founding Fathers intended for the process of impeachment to occur, the changes that have taken place to that process since the country's founding, and why one hears the word impeachment used so often at present. Incorporating dozens of cases, including many that are oftentimes forgotten, this book demonstrates that partisanship is not new when it comes to trying to remove federal officers from their post and that unseating those officers via impeachment proceedings has proven very difficult.

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