{"product_id":"political-discourse-a-case-study-of-the-watergate-affair-paperback","title":"Political Discourse: A Case Study of the Watergate Affair - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eL. H. Larue\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWatergate has already told us much about the political dynamics of the presidency. In \u003ci\u003ePolitical Discourse\u003c\/i\u003e, L. H. LaRue shows that it can also reveal much about Congress, the men and women we elect to be our collective voice in Washington. Retracing the debates in the House Judiciary Committee as it voted on the articles of impeachment, LaRue shows that our representatives--all of them lawyers--chose to center their discussions largely on the president's violation of the law. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet, LaRue suggests, far greater matters than simple lawlessness were at stake. By choosing to organize their discussions predominantly around the concept of \"rule of law,\" our representatives sidestepped the crucial issues of government ethics, the public trust, and democracy itself that Watergate raised. In this way, they failed in their role as representatives and misstated the deepest concerns of their constituents. LaRue proposes that breach of trust, not rule of law, should have been the focus of the discussions. Such a metaphor would have been less legalistic, closer to most Americans' true concerns. It would have created a more wide-ranging debate that better encompassed the crucial issues that surrounded Watergate--one that spoke for our determination as a people to resist tyrants who threaten our democracy.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eL. H. LaRUE is Class of 1958 Alumni Professor of Law Emeritus, Washington and Lee University. He is the author or editor of numerous books including \u003ci\u003eA Student's Guide to the Study of Law: An Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRewriting the History of the Judiciary Act of 1787\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003eConstitutional Law as Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 186\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54000448307475,"sku":"9780820336275","price":43.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/6300\/3667\/files\/Blu72VhyV89780820336275.webp?v=1775065691","url":"https:\/\/finduslaw.com\/products\/political-discourse-a-case-study-of-the-watergate-affair-paperback","provider":"FindUSlaw Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}