The Case Against Impeaching Trump

De: Alan Dershowitz

Narrado por: Lawrence Richardson

“Maybe the question isn’t what happened to Alan Dershowitz. Maybe it’s what happened to everyone else.” (Politico)

Alan Dershowitz has been called “one of the most prominent and consistent defenders of civil liberties in America” by Politico and “the nation’s most peripatetic civil liberties lawyer and one of its most distinguished defenders of individual rights” by Newsweek. Yet he has come under partisan fire for applying those same principles to Donald Trump during the course of his many appearances in national media outlets as an expert resource on civil and constitutional law.

The Case Against Impeaching Trump seeks to reorient the debate over impeachment to the same standard that Dershowitz has continued to uphold for decades: the law of the United States of America, as established by the Constitution. In the author’s own words:

“In the fervor to impeach President Trump, his political enemies have ignored the text of the Constitution. As a civil libertarian who voted against Trump, I remind those who would impeach him not to run roughshod over a document that has protected us all for two and a quarter centuries. In this case against impeachment, I make arguments similar to those I made against the impeachment of President Bill Clinton (and that I would be making had Hillary Clinton been elected and Republicans were seeking to impeach her). Impeachment and removal of a president are not entirely political decisions by Congress. Every member takes an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution sets out specific substantive criteria that must be met.

I am thrilled to contribute to this important debate and especially that my book will be so quickly available to readers so they can make up their own minds.”

©2018 Alan Dershowitz (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Awesome!!

This was a very informative and enlightening book that explains impeachment clearer than anything you get from the news.

Shoe on the other foot needs to be applied to everything political and in life.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

Great book for the open minded

Even if you hate Trump (and who doesn’t), you should read this book. Dershowitz’s main point is that what we do to Trump today, we’ll do to the next democratic president tomorrow.

Loved it!

Very well explained! Enjoyed hearing Professor Dershowitz make valid points. A must read for everyone. Excellent!

The reasonable left

In the show John Adams, there's a scene where John Adams is talking to Sam Adams about the upcoming revolution, and Sam says that it's time to take a side. John says, "I'm on the side of the law. Is there another side?" I love Mr. Dershowitz similar impartiality here, and his "if the shoe was on the other foot" test of partisanship. Well written, well thought out, and I think he makes an effective case. He also brings up a lot of questions that the constitution leaves open that I hadn't considered before. Can the president pardon himself? What role does the judiciary play in impeachment? It's interesting to examine these as yet unopened constitutional questions.

Loved this book!

Very helpful for understanding the direction that should be taken from here for both parties

The Dersh!

A great read, as usual, from Alan Dershowitz. I agree with him 95% of the time and wish more people, on both sides, would think like him. I intentionally waited to hear this one till after the Mueller Report came out so I could see how accurate he was and he pretty much nailed everything. I just hope it's not too late for the folks to wake up. Highly recommend!

Very rational and constitutionally based analysis

Professor Dershowitz lays out a cogent argument that illustrates the legal and constitutional limits to impeach an unpopular President. However, I think his argument for a bifurcated Attorney General misses the mark. As an officer of the United States, the AG swears or affirms allegiance, not to an individual, but to an idea - The Constitution. Therefore there is no need to separate the office into two positions, one loyal to the President and another bound to the law.

Must read regardless of one’s political beliefs and/or affiliations

Well positioned argument from civil libertarian standpoint with solid examples of dangers of political bias.

Great

very good and informative book about the current political environment in the U S A with great research

Got screwed with the old book.

Got screwed! Thought I ordered and read the new one. WRONG. I was shipped the old one with a VERY similar name!