How did a medieval English means of restraining royal power become America’s constitutional safeguard against an overreaching president? What did the founders expect impeachment to achieve, and why has no American president ever been removed through a Senate conviction? From Andrew Johnson’s narrow escape to Richard Nixon's resignation and Donald Trump’s two impeachments, can we judge its success simply by whether a president is forced from office? Adam is joined by constitutional scholar Frank O. Bowman III, author of High Crimes and Misdemeanors: A History of Impeachment for the Age of Trump and, the soon to be published Great and Dangerous Offences: The Case for (and against) Impeaching Trump a Third time.
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Producer: Emily Williams. Presenter: Adam Smith
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