![]() ![]() A book signing and reception with light refreshments will follow the event. Hear about the various ways that presidents are removed and how such stories are so relevant to today’s headlines.Īfter the talk, the floor will be opened to audience questions. Priess and Glasser will explore a vivid political history of the schemes, plots, maneuvers, and conspiracies that have attempted-successfully and not-to remove unwanted presidents. Susan Glasser, renowned journalist and Staff Writer at The New Yorker, will moderate the discussion. Hayden Center and the National Security Institute invite you to join our first on-campus event of 2019, with author, former CIA officer, and NSI Visiting Fellow David Priess for a discussion on his new book, How to Get Rid of a President: History’s Guide to Removing Unpopular, Unable, or Unfit Chief Executives. How to Get Rid of a President showcases the political dark arts in action: a stew of election dramas, national tragedies, and presidential departures mixed with. The American presidency has seen it all, from rejecting a sitting president’s renomination bid and undermining their authority in office to the more drastic methods of impeachment, and, most brutal of all, assassination. Even so, Americans have often resorted to more dramatic paths to disempower the chief executive. ![]() To limit executive power, the Founding Fathers created fixed presidential terms of four years, giving voters regular opportunities to remove their leaders. Former intelligence officer David Priess provided a history of the ways in which presidents have been removed from office. ![]()
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