I will be doing a webinar today at noon (eastern) with Gregg Nunziata at the Society for the Rule of Law. You can register for the virtual event at here.
We will be discussing my latest book, The Impeachment Power: The Law, Politics, and Purpose of an Extraordinary Constitutional Tool, just published by Princeton University Press. From PUP's description of the book.
Drawing insights from American and British history, congressional practice, and the language of the Constitution itself, Whittington shows how impeachment is a tool for checking abuses of elective office and defending constitutional norms. While we have come to associate impeachment with the presidency, it can be used to remedy gross misconduct by an array of officers of the federal government. Whittington cautions against abusing this immense and consequential power to settle political scores, demonstrating how it undermines the independence of the branches and makes Congress the seat of political power.
