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The case for impeachment : the legal argument for removing President George W. Bush from office / Dave Lindorff and Barbara Olshansky.

Title
The case for impeachment : the legal argument for removing President George W. Bush from office / Dave Lindorff and Barbara Olshansky.
Author
Lindorff, Dave (David P.)
Publication
New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2006.

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Additional Authors
Olshansky, Barbara.
Description
xii, 275 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
Explains the legal history and grounds for impeaching the president, including lying and inducing Congress and Americans to go to war, and allowing his friends and business cronies to profit from the war in Iraq.
Subject
  • Bush, George W. 1946- > Impeachment
  • Impeachments > United States
  • Misconduct in office > United States
  • Presidents > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States
  • United States > Politics and government > 2001-2009
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-266) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Why impeachment? -- An agenda of deceit and a case of overreaching -- The origins of impeachment -- Impeachment, trial, and removal -- Deadly lies and an illegal war -- Dark questions about a dark day -- Taking liberties -- Vengeance and betrayal -- Breaking things : Bush's way of war -- Abuse of power, criminal negligence, and other crimes -- Impeaching other Bush administration officials -- The case for impeachment -- Appendices : the Downing Street memo; Niger forgeries; the Taguba report; the International Committee of the Red Cross report; the FBI memo regarding torture at Guatanamo; the Gonzales memo on torture; the federal indictment of I. Lewis Libby; the Rumsfeld memo on torture.
ISBN
0312360169
LCCN
  • ^^2006040296
  • 9780312360160
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library