Historical and Legal Commentary
Slow-Motion Showdown
Has Congress forgotten how to stick up for itself? The face-off over the firing of United States Attorneys in 2006 was explosive at first. Was the Bush Administration injecting crude…
Read MoreTom Peters & Me
A few months back, after giving a couple of dozen book talks on The Summer of 1787, I developed a new one on the “Leadership Lessons of the Constitutional Convention.”…
Read MoreOh, Those Vice Presidents, Part II
Only recently have I come to realize just what a ragged, sickly bunch our vice presidents have been. Today I review the most obvious scoundrels. Aaron Burr — After finishing…
Read MoreOh, Those Vice Presidents
After the dust-up over whether John McCain can be president, even though he was born in the Canal Zone (see last post), a friend asked what the citizenship requirements are…
Read MoreTop 10 U.S. Political Trials, Part II
We’re up to the top half of this top ten, which must (i) have had significant political effect on the nation, and (ii) have been an actual trial. 5. Sacco/Vanzetti:…
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