The Clinton scandal consumed the better part of a year of American public life, bitterly dividing the nation and culminating in a constitutional crisis. In this book, thoughtful, nonpartisan essays provide an insightful and lasting analysis of one of the major political events of our time.

Here leading scholars explore the long-reaching constitutional and political implications of the scandal: how it will affect the presidency, the law, and the political process. A first group of chapters considers effects of the scandal on institutions: the presidency, Congress, the courts, the independent counsel statute, executive privilege, and the impeachment process itself. A second section addresses political factors: public opinion, the media, and presidential character and personality. A concluding essay broadly examines the implications of the scandal for governance.

These far-reaching essays address such issues as risks posed to Congressional political careers, the prospect of future presidents being subject to civil suits, the pros and cons of Kenneth Starr's in

Mark J. Rozell is associate professor of politics at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Clyde Wilcox is professor of government at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Molly W. Andolina is visiting assistant professor of political science at Loyola University of Chicago. Louis Fisher is a senior specialist in separation of powers studies at the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, in Washington, D.C. Michael J. Gerhardt is professor of law at the College of William and Mary School of Law. Joel B. Grossman is professor of political science at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. John R. Hermann is assistant professor of political science at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas. Thomas A. Kazee is dean of the college and professor of political science, University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. John Anthony Maltese is associate professor of political science at the University of Georgia, Athens. Karen O'Connor is professor and chair of the department of government at American University in Washington, D.C. James P. Pfiffner is professor of government and politics at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Paul J. Quirk is associate professor of political science at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Robert J. Spitzer is distinguished service professor of political science at the State University of New York, College at Cortland. Stephen J. Wayne is professor of government at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. David A. Yalof is assistant professor of political science at the University of Connecticut, Storrs.