In Prosecuting the President, Andrew Coan offers an extremely engaging look at the longer, mostly forgotten history of unique prosecutors in American politics. For more than a hundred years, special prosecutors have struck fear in to the hearts of Presidents, who’ve the power to fireplace them at any time. How could this become, Coan asks? And how could the nation entrust such a high responsibility to such subordinate officials? With vibrant storytelling and traditional good examples, Coan demonstrates that special about Prosecuting the Chief executive: How Unique Prosecutors Keep Presidents Accountable and Protect the Guideline of Regulation prosecutors can perform much to protect the rule of rules under the right circumstances.

Many have been thwarted from the formidable problems of investigating a sitting Leader and his close associates; a few have got abused the powers entrusted to them. But at their best, special prosecutors function as catalysts of democracy, channeling an unfocused popular will to guard the rule of legislation. By raising the visibility of high-level misconduct, they enable the American people to hold the Chief executive accountable. Yet, if a Chief executive thinks he can open fire a special prosecutor without incurring significant political damage, he gets the power to achieve this. Eventually, Coan concludes, just the American people can decide whether the President is above the law.