Prosecuting the president how special prosecutors hold presidents accountable and protect the rule of law
"[This book provides a] history of special prosecutors in American politics. For more than a century, special prosecutors have struck fear into the hearts of presidents, who have the power to fire them at any time. How could this be, [the author] asks? And how could the nation entrust such a hi...
| Main Author: | Coan, Andrew (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2019]
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Table of Contents:
- A special kind of prosecutor
- The first one hundred years
- A cancer on the presidency
- The world Watergate made
- A new balance
- Can the president be charged with a crime?
- Can the president be compelled to testify under oath?
- Can the president obstruct justice?
- Can congress protect special prosecutors from the president?
- Epilogue: A double-edged sword.