TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kalt,Brian C.
TI  - Constitutional cliffhangers: a legal guide for presidents and their enemies 
SN  - 9780300178012
AV  - KF5051 .K35 2012eb
U1  - 342.73/062 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New Haven [Conn.]
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - United States
KW  - LAW
KW  - Constitutional
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Government
KW  - Executive Branch
KW  - Constitutions
KW  - Public
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-239) and index; Prosecuting a president -- The presidential self-pardon controversy -- Removing a "disabled" president -- The line of succession controversy -- Impeaching an ex-president -- The third-term controversy -- Getting out of trouble
N2  - "The United States Constitution contains some potentially fatal weaknesses surrounding presidential selection, replacement, or punishment that could lead to constitutional controversies. In this compelling and fascinating book, Brian C. Kalt envisions six such controversies, ranging from the criminal prosecution of a sitting president, to a two-term president's attempt to stay in power, to the ousting of an allegedly disabled president. None of these things have ever occurred, but in recent years, many of them almost have. The events Kalt describes are all situations where matters of constitutional interpretation would carry enormous political consequences. Because such events would put so much stress on our structure of government, we need to strive toward clear neutral rules that would resolve these situations smoothly and peacefully, rather than through a might-makes-right process"--
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