April 1775 that got me fixated on what happened on that date and then the events that led to the American Revolution in the period between the revolution and the constitution. But i have not understood that neutrality for a bad project that fired up those colonies late in the 18th century. W so with that majestic effort in it is ironic that impeachment is little understood by the people can you expand on that . And to get something to do a lot of stuff on balance and it went into trouble after the revolution to have the fetus of monarchy into betrayed those principles for word. And one of the safeguards there is the power of impeachment. It has not been ratified. And with that Philadelphia Convention to be fatally flawed. What does impeachments mean the most and what is it compared to the perception . But first to do with roots in england. With the house of representatives gets to do what it wants that is the big mistake the grounds for impeachment to sharply committed t and that if th
Many of these authors will be appearing or have appeared on booktv. You can watch them at booktv. Org. Meg jacobs, its really a pleasure to get a chance to talk to you here at the carter center. I and also welcome the audience thats come out tonight to listen to our conversation. Meg jacobs is the author of panic at the pump the Energy Crisis and the transformation of american politics in the 1970s. Meg is a, teaches history and Public Affairs at princeton. Youve written, this is third or fourth book . Something like that. Something like that . You wrote a book i was interested in because were going to be talking about conservatives and liberals, but one of them is you were coauthor of conservatives in power the reagan years, 19811989. Okay, interesting. Okay. Were going to talk a bit about conservative politics and liberal politics for that matter too tonight. Let me, lets start with this, if we can. Okay. And you correct me. You have a thesis for this book, and ill let you describe c
Hello, im ros atkins, this is outside source. The articles of impeachment against President Trump are being been sent to the senate. President trumps trial there next week will be only the third of a us president in history. He will be held accountable. He has been held accountable. He has been impeached and impeached forever. They can never erase that. Meanwhile at the white house, President Trump was signing a partial trade deal with china. He said it will mean fair and reciprocal trade but it does nothing to remove the huge tariffs the countries have on each others goods. Scientists from three global agencies have given another Climate Change warning confirming that the past decade
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And christianity today. Congress approved funding for research of gun safety for the first time in decades. How this could be a major safety for gun safety advocates. 6 and the new starlighter just failed its test. President trump is lashing out after calls for removal of his office. Billy graham blasted the president for his actions saying the president of the United States attempted to use his political power to coerce a foreign leader to discredit one of the president s political opponent, it is profoundly immoral. The editorial goes on, this president dumb downed the idea of morality in his administration. Hes hired and fired a number of people who are now convicted criminals. He has himself admitted to moral actions in business and relationships with women about which he remains proud. His twitter feed alone with a string of mischaracterizations and lies and slander is a near perfect example of a human being whos morally lost and confused. I adds t it adds, the impeachment hearing