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> > > As Brenda Wineapple recounts in her new book, “The Impeachers: The Trial > of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation > <https://www.amazon.com/dp/0812998367/?tag=thneyo0f-20>,” the impeachment > of Johnson has traditionally been seen as an overreach by Congress, with > Republican lawmakers privileging partisan considerations over the > separation of powers. Wineapple thinks that this argument overlooks House > members’ real, stated reasons for impeaching Johnson: that his opposition > to basic tenets of Reconstruction, including the enfranchisement of former > slaves, and his contempt for Congress, rendered him unfit to be President. > > > > > https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-author-of-a-new-book-about-andrew-johnson-on-the-right-reasons-to-impeach-a-president > <https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-author-of-a-new-book-about-andrew-johnson-on-the-right-reasons-to-impeach-a-president?irclickid=XOU2AB3fOxyJWG708T289QkFUkl1PC01RQGBT80&irgwc=1&source=affiliate_impactpmx_12f6tote_desktop_Viglink%20Primary&utm_source=impact-affiliate&utm_medium=27795&utm_campaign=impact&utm_content=Online%20Tracking%20Link&utm_brand=tny> > > > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
