The First Impeachment: The Constitution's Framers and the Case of Senator William Blount - Couverture rigide

Melton Jr., Buckner F.

 
9780865545977: The First Impeachment: The Constitution's Framers and the Case of Senator William Blount
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0865545979 ISBN 13 : 9780865545977
Editeur : Mercer University Press, 1999

Synopsis

In 1797 land speator Blount, serving as US senator from Tennessee, was discovered to be plotting to invade Spanish-held Louisiana and Florida with British help to facilitate the western spread of the US. Melton (law, U. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) recounts his impeachment by the House of Representatives, the first such action since the Constitution was adopted a decade earlier. He notes that because many of the framers of the Constitution took part in the proceedings, the case reveals their original intent. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Éditeur
Mercer University Press
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0865545979
ISBN 13 
9780865545977
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
344
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