Grand Inquests: The Historic Impeachments Of Justice Samuel Chase And President Andrew Johnson
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (788 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0688171710 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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P. Schultz said Not Much New Here. Rehnquist probably had other, more important matters on his mind when he wrote this. If he wrote it. My bet is one of his clerks wrote it. Nothing here that can't be found elsewhere with more context.. Adam said A useful, but unoriginal, history of impeachment.. While I read the book several years ago, I reread it in view of, shall I say, recent events. Like his other two books (All the Laws But One & The Supreme Court: How It Was, etc.,), this book is succinct and easy-to-read. The Chief's very conservative views apparently have been edited out. Good but not great.. Accessible but sadly outdated survey of the subject. R. B. Bernstein I reviewed this book for the JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY when it first appeared, and nothing that has happened in the seven years since 1992 has changed my mind. Chief Justice Rehnquist writes clearly and well, but his research and historical perspective are sadly outdated. For example, he accepts the hoary myth that there was no good reason at all to consider Andrew Johnson an appropriate target for impeachment, despite Michael Les Benedict, THE IMPEACHMENT AND TRIAL OF ANDREW JOHNSON (New York: W. W. Norton, 1973), a fine study
With a keen sense of history and narrative ability, he recounts the 1805 trial of Justice Samuel Chase of the United States Supreme Court and the 1868 trial of President Andrew Johnson, which set the precedent by which our current president will be judged. So, where do we go for answers?Here in Grand Inquests, Chief Justice William H. For only the second time in American history, the president has been impeached by the House of Representatives and is facing trial by the United States Senate. The outcomes of these cases have remained extraordinarily important to the American system of government because they strengthened the constitutionally directed separation of powers. And though both men were acquitted, Chief Justice Rehnquist shows how a conviction in either case would also have deeply affected our present interpretation of the Constitution -- and, more likely, changed the course of history.. Rehnquist provides dramatic accounts of two historic impeachment trials in the American past. At such a critical point in our history as a nation, the question is "What comes next?" Most Americans have only a vague notion of the history surrounding the first presidential impeachment trial
With Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase was impeached in 1805 both for his political views and as a result of his demeanor as a judge. Rehnquist makes it clear that he believes the impeachments of both Chase and Johnson were politically motivated, and that it was a good thing for the United States that neither was convicted. He further argues that the acquittal of Chase helped safeguard the independence of the Supreme Court, preventing future Congresses from removing judges "whose views they considered to be