The Quick and Dirty Guide to Electing (and Firing) the President (The Quick and Dirty Guide to Our Messy Democracy, #2) (ePub)

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Sometimes it's a good idea to have a back-up plan! If a President steps out of line or is just too unpopular it is possible to get rid of them! The Constitution allows for a process called "impeachment" whereby an elected official can be tried and removed from office. It's a difficult procedure, fraught with partisanship and Senatorial backroom deals. This Quick and Dirty Guide goes through the details of impeachment and gives a history of the two Presidential impeachments that our nation has had! 

1. The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson: President Lincoln is dead and his unpopular Vice-President must step onto the national stage. He has his own ideas about reconstructing the South and re-securing the promise of liberty and fraternity for all Americans. Tensions rise between him and Congress to the point that the House of Representatives votes to impeach him and give the Senate the opportunity to remove him from office!

2. The Impeachment of Bill Clinton: Bill Clinton was under investigation for shady real estate dealings but the investigator - and the nation - decide to focus on his affair with a White House Intern nearly the age of Clinton's own daughter! The Republicans in Congress seize the opportunity to impeach the President and hobble the Democrat's chances of holding onto the White House.

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So you've managed to win your party's primary election and been nominated to be the most powerful person on Earth! Congratulations but let's talk about what comes next. Our Founding Fathers liked things to be complicated and the road to becoming President of the United States certainly qualifies as that. This guide will explain the ins and outs of how to get elected President, what the Constitution says you can do when you are the President, and how and why what the Constitution says doesn't seem to matter anymore.