The President’s Book of Secrets, about the top-secret President’s Daily Brief, and 'How To Get Rid of a President,' describing the. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security. This briskly paced, darkly humorous voyage proves that while the pomp and circumstance of presidential elections might draw more attention, the way that presidents are removed teaches us much more about our political order. David Priess, Publisher of Lawfare and Chief Operating Officer of the Lawfare Institute, is also a Senior Fellow at the Michael V. 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 party intrigue, personal betrayal, and backroom shenanigans. 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. A vivid political history of the schemes, plots, maneuvers, and conspiracies that have attempted - successfully and not - to remove unwanted presidents
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