Impeach: The Case Against Donald Trump

by Neal Katyal, Sam Koppelman

Overview

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Why impeachment is the only remedy for the dangers posed by President Trump, as explained by celebrated Supreme Court lawyer and former Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal.

No one is above the law. This belief is as American as freedom of speech and turkey on Thanksgiving—held sacred by Democrats and Republicans alike. But as celebrated Supreme Court lawyer and former Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal argues in Impeach, if President Trump is not held accountable for his gross abuses of power, it could very well mark the end of our democracy.

A primer on the history and process of impeachment and an explanation of the extraordinary circumstances for which it must be reserved, Impeach explains why it is the only solution for a bad actor like President Trump, and argues that we must use it to bar him from office—before it’s too late.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780358391173
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	11/26/2019
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	365,846
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

NEAL KATYAL is the Paul and Patricia Saunders Professor of Law at Georgetown University and a partner at a law firm where he leads one of the largest U.S. Supreme Court practices in the nation. He previously served as Acting Solicitor General of the United States (the government’s top courtroom lawyer). He has argued more Supreme Court cases in U.S. history than has any minority attorney (39 in total), recently breaking the record held by Thurgood Marshall. American Lawyer magazine recently named him the very top litigator of the year nationwide and the Justice Department awarded him the Edmund Randolph Award, the highest award the department can give a civilian. A frequent contributor to MSNBC and the New York Times, he has been named one of GQ’s Men of the Year and has appeared on virtually every major American news program, as well as House of Cards, where he played himself.

SAM KOPPELMAN is a senior speechwriter at Fenway Strategies, where he’s written for public officials, philanthropists, business leaders, and organizations working to make the world a better place. He has also been a speechwriter to former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and has written under his own name for publications including The Boston Globe and Harper's Magazine. Koppelman holds a B.A. in government from Harvard College, where he was named a John Harvard Scholar and worked as Op-Eds Editor for The Harvard Crimson.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

1 A Brief History of Impeachment 17

2 The Evidence 42

3 The Case Against President Trump 74

4 Questions and Answers 103

5 Out of Many, One 140

Acknowledgments 157

Appendix 159

The Whistleblower Complaint 160

The July 25 Call Summary 169

The Text Messages 174

The White House Letter 183

Notes 191

About the Authors 215

Editorial Reviews

A veteran Supreme Court lawyer presents the case for impeachment in a manner that adheres to the facts and the law without engaging in political spin . . . Essential reading for a key moment in our (currently) democratic nation.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review "As concise and evenhanded a summation of the accusations currently weighing on the president (and the nation) as one can find between two covers." —Washington Post "Neal Katyal makes an unimpeachable case, concise but comprehensive, for impeachment." —New York Journal of Books —

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