The age of impeachment : American constitutional culture since 1960 / David E. Kyvig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kyvig, David E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Impeachments--United States--Cases.

Impeachments.

Constitutional law--United States.

Constitutional law.

United States.

Physical Description:

xiii, 482 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, KS : University Press of Kansas, [2008]

Contents:

1 Impeachment Evolves 9

2 Impeachment as Exceptional: The Case of Earl Warren 35

3 Impeachment as Political: The Case of Abe Fortas 61

4 Impeachment as Partisan: The Case of William O. Douglas 87

5 Impeachment as Discretionary: The Case of Spiro Agnew 113

6 Impeachment as Essential: The Case of Richard Nixon 141

7 Impeachment as Routine: Pardons, Powers, Prosecutors, and Judicial Self-Policing 178

8 Impeachment as Cultural: Shaping Public Conclusions 203

9 Impeachment as Distasteful: The Case of Ronald Reagan 231

10 Impeachment as Inexorable: The Cases of Harry Claiborne and Walter Nixon 267

11 Impeachment as Irreversible but Not Fatal: The Case of Alcee Hastings 288

12 Impeachment as Consensual: The Case of Bill Clinton 310

13 Impeachment as Conventional: Expressions of Public Scorn 354

14 The Age of Impeachment: Ended or Extended? 383.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-469) and index.

ISBN:

9780700615810

0700615814

OCLC:

180756976