| THE CASE FOR IMPEACHMENT Allan J. Lichtman New York: Dey Street, April 2017 |
Rating: 5.0 High |
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| ISBN-13 978-0-06-269682-3 | ||||
| ISBN-10 0-06-269682-3 | 290pp. | HC | $24.99 | |
| Page 2: | "Otherwise, an impeached president, if constitutionally eligible, could run again for White House." |
| Missing word: S/B "for the White House". |
| Page 30: | "It spurred outrage in Congress across the aisles and for the first time, polls showed that a plurality of the American people favored the president's impeachment." |
| Usage, punctuation: S/B "across the aisle and, for the first time,". |
| Page 31: | "The release of the tape recordings [* * *] made the most cut and dry case for impeachment in the history of the presidency." |
| Usage, punctuation: S/B "cut-and-dried case". |
| Page 99: | "It mattered not to Trump that fact-checkers could so easily disprove his lies, and it only served to further incense his followers, who shared his belief that [* * *] the media was out to sink his campaign." |
| Number error: S/B "the media were". |
| Page 130: | "The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulates greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act's 2009 endangerment finding, which determined that CO2 and other greenhouse gases pose a threat to human health." |
| The SCOTUS created the 2009 endangerment finding. |
| Page 150: | "Trump's many deals with Bayrock helps unravel Donald Jr.'s comments." |
| Number error: S/B "help". |
| Page 155: | "When Wallace then pressed him to condemn their interference, Trump responded in the passive voice, 'Of course I condemn,' then added, 'Of course I—I don't know Putin. I have no idea.' " |
| Terminology: This is not the passive voice. What it is, is evasive or ambiguous or vague. |
| Page 165: | "...Sessions issued a medley of excuses, which would have made even Richard Nixon blush." |
| Unneeded comma: S/B "a medley of excuses which". |
| Pages 167-8: | "Even if Sessions did not commit perjury which is hard to prove, like Kleindienst, he certainly did not testify truthfully to the Senate." |
| Missing comma: S/B "perjury, which". |
| Page 171: | "Apparently, neither this improper contact with a Russian official." |
| Missing words: S/B ??? |
| Page 196: | "It included attacks in Paris; Nice, France; Orlando, Florida; and San Bernadino, California, that the media blanketly covered for days." |
| Usage: S/B "gave blanket coverage to" or equivalent. |
| Page 205: | "Trump appears to display what authorities in the field refer to as narcissists who view others as extensions of themselves or tools for their own ends." |
| Word choice: S/B "be". |
| Page 221: | "Although it may seem counterintuitive, support for the Paris accords (sic) on climate change are consistent with your theme of 'Make America Great Again.' " |
| Number error: S/B "is". (Also, "accords" should be capitalized.) |
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