An Affair of State: The Investigation, Impeachment, and Trial of President ClintonHarvard University Press, 1. 7. 2009 - Počet stran: 288 President Bill Clinton’s year of crisis, which began when his affair with Monica Lewinsky hit the front pages in January 1998, engendered a host of important questions of criminal and constitutional law, public and private morality, and political and cultural conflict. |
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... serious confusion was evident in the minds of members of the public. Illustrative is a letter to the editors of the New York Times shortly before the Senate trial ended attacking the Times's ''outdated proposal for a censure-plus ...
... serious problem in historiography. Once a historical episode is declared ''closed'' (so far as any historical episode can be so described), there is a tendency to see the events that led up to, constituted, and resolved it as inevitable ...
... serious violator of the moral code than the credible liar. The serious breaches of private morality were Clinton's violations of federal criminal law, which were felonious, numerous, and nontechnical. How far they should be considered ...
... serious criminal conduct as Dreyfus was innocent. But Clinton's opponents on the Right were so odious to the Left that many on the Left, including a number of prominent intellectuals, denied (or evaded the issue of) his guilt, while ...
... serious damage is done. They include the incapacity of the academic community, includingsome of its brightest lights in law, history, moral philosophy, and political theory, to contribute helpfully to a governmental crisis; the limited ...
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2 Prosecution and Defense | 59 |
3 The HistoryScopeand Form of Impeachment | 95 |
4 MoralityPrivate and Public | 133 |
5 Should President Clinton Have Been Impeachedand If Impeached Convicted? | 170 |
6 The Kulturkampf | 199 |
7 Lessons for the Future | 217 |
8 The Balance Sheet | 262 |
Acknowledgments | 267 |
Index | 269 |
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