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Title: A Just Cause
Condition: New
Subtitle: The Impeachment and Removal of Governor Rod Blagojevich
EAN: 9780809334636
ISBN: 9780809334636
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Format: Hardback
Release Date: 30/12/2015
Description: During the predawn hours of December 9, 2008, an FBI team swarmed the home of Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich and took him away in handcuffs. The shocking arrest, based on allegations of corruption and extortion, launched a chain of political events never before seen in Illinois. In A Just Cause, Bernard H. Sieracki delivers a dynamic firsthand account of this eightweek political crisis, beginning with Blagojevich’s arrest, continuing through his impeachment and trial, and culminating in his conviction and removal from office. Drawing on his own eyewitness observations of the hearings and trial, the comments of interviewees, trial transcripts, and knowledge gained from decades of work with the Illinois legislature, Sieracki tells the compelling story of the first Illinois governor, while providing a close look at the people involved.

This engrossing volume is both a richly detailed case study of the American checksandbalances system and an eyewitness account of unprecedented events. It will appeal to anyone interested in the stunning, true tale of a state upholding the maxim “The welfare of the people is the supreme law.”
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 229mm
Item Length: 152mm
Item Weight: 475g
Author: Bernard H. Sieracki
Contributor: Jim Edgar (Foreword by)
Genre: Society & Culture
Item Width: 22mm
Topic: Social Sciences, Law & Politics
Release Year: 2015

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