by Jamie Raskin
First published 2021
Jamie Raskin leads the House impeachment managers into the Senate chamber for Donald Trump's second trial. The former president's legal team has prepared their defense, while Raskin and his colleagues have crafted their case for conviction. The managers present their initial arguments, laying out evidence and constitutional precedents. Trump's lawyers respond with their own brief, challenging the House's position on multiple fronts. Raskin must then counter their defense in a final reply brief. Three sets of legal documents capture this historic confrontation between legislative prosecutors and presidential defenders. The trial unfolds through competing interpretations of law, fact, and constitutional duty. At stake lies the question of accountability for a former president and the precedent it will set for American democracy.
Genres: political-science, politics, biography-memoir, 21st-century, law, american-history
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers
Setting: United States, Senate
Period: 2021
194 pages · Paperback · Integral Text Publishing