“Every impeachment reinvents what impeachment is for, and what it means, a theory of government itself”
Every impeachment reinvents what impeachment is for, and what it means, a theory of...
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“The ‘high’ in ‘high crimes and misdemeanors’ has its origins in phrases that include the ‘certain high treasons and offenses and misprisons’ invoked in the impeachment of the Duke of Suffolk”
The “high” in “high crimes and misdemeanors” has its origins in phrases that include...
“all but one of England’s original thirteen American colonies had been founded before impeachment went out of style”
The Englishman responsible for bringing the ancient practice of impeachment back into use was...
“The fact that Georgia’s Senate races will be decided by runoffs is a quirk of the state’s electoral system…”
The fact that Georgia’s Senate races will be decided by runoffs is a quirk...
“…there are ultimately four characteristics in candidates that I think drive our perceptions and our decisions…”
I think there are ultimately four characteristics in candidates that I think drive our...
“we would often be better off worrying about what the appendages in legislatures and localities are doing than about what some ultimate head is thinking”
This idea of power simply emanating downward still animates apologetics for authoritarianism, but it...
“When you vote, you hopefully evaluate the full gamut of issues and discover that on some issues one party’s views are more in accordance with Torah and on others it is the other party’s, and often neither are”
I understand that we have both College Democrats and College Republicans chapters on our...
“The reality of this primary process is that if you aren’t on the stage in Houston next week, you aren’t going to be the Democratic nominee”
…the 10 men and women not on the stage will argue that the Democratic...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “has become a handy and versatile symbol — the representative representative”
The congresswoman has become a handy and versatile symbol — the representative representative. For...
“Likability is associated with an emotional connection between candidate and voter that makes a politician worthy of trust”
Likability seems to have emerged as an important personality trait in the late 19th...