Constitutional Cliffhangers
Brian C. Kalt
Abstract
The United States Constitution's provisions for selecting, replacing, and punishing presidents contain serious weaknesses that could lead to constitutional controversies. This book envisions six such controversies, such as the criminal prosecution of a sitting president, a two-term president's attempt to stay in power, the ousting of an allegedly disabled president, and more. None of these things has ever occurred, but in recent years many of them almost have. Besides being individually dramatic, these controversies provide an opportunity to think about how constitutional procedures can best b ... More
Keywords: criminal prosecution, constitutional procedures, law, politics, American government, United States Constitution, presidents
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2012 | Print ISBN-13: 9780300123517 |
| Published to Yale Scholarship Online: October 2013 | DOI:10.12987/yale/9780300123517.001.0001 |
