Why Donald Trump’s impeachment should not be as meaningless as Andrew Jackson’s censure

Smith, Laura (2021) Why Donald Trump’s impeachment should not be as meaningless as Andrew Jackson’s censure. USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog (19 Jan 2021). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Last week, Donald Trump became the first president to be impeached twice by the US House of Representatives. Drawing comparisons with President Andrew Jackson’s congressional censure in 1834, Laura Ellyn Smith writes that impeachment without removal from office, or preventing Trump from holding office again, would establish impeachment as a merely symbolic act with little power to deter presidential overreach.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
Additional Information:	© 2021 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States)
Date Deposited:	16 Mar 2021 11:24
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 10:55
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/108843

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