An Affair of State

The Investigation, Impeachment, and Trial of President Clinton

Richard A. Posner

  • New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice for Best Book of the Year, 1999
  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist, 2000

Dramatis Personae

Chronology

Introduction

The President's Conduct

Prosecution and Defense

The History, Scope, and Form of Impeachment

Morality, Private and Public

Should President Clinton Have Been Impeached, and If Impeached Convicted?

The Kulturkampf

Lessons for the Future

The Balance Sheet

Acknowledgements

Index

  • Cover: An Affair of State
  • A photo of the author

Richard A. Posner is Circuit Judge, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School.