About Garrett Epps: Garrett Epps is an American legal scholar, novelist, and journalist. He is professor of law at the University of Baltimore; previously he was the Orlando J. and Marian H. Hollis Professor of Law at the University of Oregon.
President is a curious term for the American head of state, because "presiding" in any meaningful sense is the one thing the president of the United States does do.
Historical tempers have cooled only slightly after the impeachment of Bill Clinton for lying under oath about a sexual relationship. Many Americans still believe his actions were a threat to the very rule of law; others insist that the “offense” ...