2 A New Birth of Freedom: George Washington to Abraham Lincoln

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. 1 Introduction: Race and Presidential Impeachment 1
5. 2 A New Birth of Freedom: George Washington to Abraham Lincoln 21
6. 3 “The Constitution as It Is”: Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment 50
7. 4 “Patience and Moderation”: Theodore Roosevelt to Lyndon Johnson 75
8. 5 Law and Order: Nixon and Watergate 110
9. 6 “The Content of Their Character”: Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama 140
10. 7 “Hostile Takeover”: The Two Impeachments of Donald Trump 174
11. 8 Conclusion: The Choices We Face: Rethinking Presidential Impeachment 207
12. Afterword: We Are Going Back 213
13. Notes 219
14. Index 259
15. Princeton Studies in American Politics 275