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Dr. Joanne Freeman
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1/ So...yesterday on “History Matters” I discussed why impeachments are important—besides convictionGoing to cling to that nowThey create a record of events.They construct a narrative.They (in this case) reveal that
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A congressman in my last book was asked: why bother with an investigative committee if they produce nothing?His response?Because investigative committees show the nation Congress has taken things in hand,
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The events of January 6 were an advertisement of threats:Of rising militant violenceOf people spurning democracyOf rising extremism in the Republican PartyOf racism in law enforcement (what would have happened
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1/ What would the Founders say about millions of people under curfew?First & most important:There was no single block of "Founders." There were different people w/different opinions, so they would
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1/ My research for #TheFieldOfBlood showed me something interesting about institutional dynamics.In the antebellum Congress, one "team" blatantly broke rules, reveling in it & gaining power.The other team upheld rules,
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1/ An elector story.Once upon a time, there was a very very very fraught presidential election.An election where each side thought that the other would likely destroy the United States.
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1/ I've been off Twitter for most of the day, and dipping back in, I'm struck by what a strange, fascinating, revealing, and timely July Fourth weekend we're having.There was
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