Originally published at the height of the Watergate crisis, Charles Black’s classic Impeachment: A Handbook has long been the premier guide to the subject of presidential impeachment. Now thoroughly updated with new chapters by Philip Bobbitt, it remains essential reading for every concerned citizen. Praise for Impeachment : “To understand impeachment, read this book. It shows how the rule of law limits power, even of the most powerful, and reminds us that the impact of the law on our lives ultimately depends on the conscience of the individual American.”—Bill Bradley, former United States senator “The most important book ever written on presidential impeachment.”— Lawfare “A model of how so serious an act of state should be approached.”— Wall Street Journal “A citizen’s guide to impeachment. . . . Elegantly written, lucid, intelligent, and comprehensive.”— New York Times Book Review “The finest text on the subject I have ever read.”—Ben Wittes

“With insight, wisdom, affection, and concern, Sunstein has written the story of impeachment every citizen needs to know. This is a remarkable, essential book.” —Doris Kearns Goodwin No one is above the law, not even the president. Impeachment is the most potent tool the founders gave us to ensure it, and yet few of us even know how it works. As Benjamin Franklin famously put it, Americans have a republic, if we can keep it. Preserving the Constitution and the democratic system it supports is the public's responsibility. One route the Constitution provides for discharging that duty--a route rarely traveled--is impeachment. Expanding beyond violations of the law, impeachment was meant to defend against any action that would undermine the foundations of our republic. Harvard Law professor Cass R. Sunstein provides a succinct citizen's guide to this essential tool of self-government. Taking us deeper than mere partisan politics, he illuminates the constitutional design behind impeachment and emphasizes the people's role in holding presidents accountable. In spite of the loud national debate over whether or not the House is right to impeach Trump, impeachment itself remains widely misunderstood. Sunstein identifies and corrects a number of common misconceptions, and describes how impeachment helps is an essential piece of our constitutional order, and a crucial part of the framers' decision to install an empowered executive in a nation deeply fearful of kings. With an eye toward the past and the future, Impeachment: A Citizen's Guide considers a host of actual and imaginable arguments for a president's removal, explaining why some cases are easy and others hard, why some arguments for impeachment have been judicious and others not. And with an afterword and appendix on the current impeachment, it puts the national debate in its proper historical context. In direct and approachable terms, it is a guide through the treacherous waters of the impeachment process so that Americans of all political convictions may use their ultimate civic authority wisely.

From the co-author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Hamilton: The Revolution , the stunning story of five American radicals fighting for their ideals as the country goes mad around them “Inspiring and entertaining.”—David Brooks, The New York Times “It’s not difficult to see why [Lin-Manuel] Miranda would have been attracted to [Jeremy] McCarter as a writing partner.”— The Wall Street Journal “One of the exciting new nonfiction books this summer.”— Time Where do we find our ideals? What does it mean to live for them—and to risk dying for them? For Americans during World War I, these weren’t abstract questions. Young Radicals tells the story of five activists, intellectuals and troublemakers who agitated for freedom and equality in the hopeful years before the war, then fought to defend those values in a country pitching into violence and chaos. Based on six years of extensive archival research, Jeremy McCarter’s dramatic narrative brings to life the exploits of Randolph Bourne, the bold social critic who strove for a dream of America that was decades ahead of its time; Max Eastman, the charismatic poet-propagandist of Greenwich Village, whose magazine The Masses fought the government for the right to oppose the war; Walter Lippmann, a boy wonder of socialism who forged a new path to seize new opportunities; Alice Paul, a suffragist leader who risked everything to win women the right to vote; and John Reed, the swashbuckling journalist and impresario who was an eyewitness to—and a key player in—the Russian Revolution. Each of these figures sensed a moment of unprecedented promise for American life—politically, socially, culturally—and struggled to bring it about, only to see a cataclysmic war and reactionary fervor sweep it away. A century later, we are still fighting for the ideals these five championed: peace, women’s rights, economic equality, freedom of speech—all aspects of a vibrant American democracy. The story of their struggles brings new light and fresh inspiration to our own. Praise for Young Radicals “In this lively, if at times swooningly earnest, portrait of artists, activists, writers and intellectuals, McCarter chronicles a moment in American history when ‘socialism, progressivism, modernism, and feminism all exploded at once.’” — Newsday “A brisk pace and sympathetic portraits make for an entertaining, well-researched history of a decade marked by ebullience, hope, and pain.” — Kirkus Reviews “McCarter’s prose is engaging, moving, and, at times, laugh-out-loud funny. Recommended for young radicals today who want to understand past attempts to change the world in the face of repression.” — Library Journal (starred review)

Fascinating and rich in drama, Constitutional Law Stories – edited by Columbia University Law Professor Michael C. Dorf, and featuring leading constitutional law scholars – provides real lessons pertaining to the interpretation of the United States Constitution. Constitutional Law Stories offers in-depth analysis of leading federal constitutional law cases by providing behind-the-scenes stories, outlining the historical context of each case and defining the role these cases play in framing fundamental questions about American law and government. The latest release from the Foundation Press "Law Stories" series, Constitutional Law Stories centers on 15 pivotal cases, including Roe v. Wade, which upheld a woman’s right to choose; Clinton v. Jones, which denied President Clinton temporary immunity from civil litigation, and set the stage for his eventual impeachment; and Korematsu v. United States, which questioned the legality of military orders excluding Japanese-Americans from the West Coast of the United States during World War II. The selected cases represent three distinct areas of constitutional law: the structural constitution, which defines separation of powers and federalism; equality and the constitution (equal rights); and the constitution and liberty (individual rights, including First Amendment rights). Today’s leading constitutional law scholars, including Daniel Farber, University of California, Berkeley; Samuel Issacharoff, Columbia University; and Mark Tushnet, Georgetown University, are among the writers of the essays in Constitutional Law Stories. General Editor Paul Caron and the editors of the "Law Stories" series bring landmark cases to life with a behind-the-scenes look at leading cases in important areas of law. Each book examines the parties of the dispute, the legal and historical context, and the immediate impact of the case, as well as the continuing importance of the case in shaping modern law. Other titles in the Law Stories series include Tax Stories, Torts Stories and Property Stories.