Caitlyn Crites
The day after the 2021 inauguration, Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut took to Twitter to declare: âBiden is making transparency cool again.âÂ
This was a head-scratcher for many journalists and transparency advocates. Freedom of Information â the concept that government documents belong to and must be accessible to the people â has never not been cool. Using federal and local public records laws, a single individual can uncover everything from war crimes to health code violations at the local taqueria. How awesome is that? If you need more proof: There was an Australian comic book series called
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Impeachment rare, but this Cass lawyer faced historic removal from office
Tom Emery, Journal-Courier
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When talk focuses on the word “impeachment,” most people think about presidents but only three of the nation’s leaders have been impeached: Andrew Johnson in 1868, Bill Clinton in 1998, and Donald Trump in 2019 and again in 2021.
They are a small number of the 63 impeachment proceedings Congress has undertaken since 1789. More common is the impeachment of those who hold federal office, particularly judges including a Cass County man.
Mark W. Delahay, a lawyer and newspaper editor in the town of Virginia before the Civil War, is one of 20 officials impeached at the federal level.