Some smart things to read on Impeachment Day.

As George Kent and Bill Taylor ready themselves to begin public testimony in the impeachment hearings of the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump, here are a few Lit Hub deeper dives on impeachment—its historical antecedents, the way we write about it, and… why it’s probably justified.

Rebecca Solnit on the need for impeachment · Liesl Schillinger on the case against an American king · Brenda Wineapple on lessons from the first impeachment · Evan Fleischer on the literature of impeachment · 10 essential books on the last time a Republican president was impeached.

Uh, enjoy your day.