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The new normal is to worry about impeachment becoming the “new normal.” On Wednesday, during the interminable “debate” on articles of impeachment, one Republican House membe… ...
Accusations of anti-Semitism are being used as a partisan weapon in the the Lieberman-Lamont race. By Glenn Greenwald. Published August 8, 2006 6:52PM (EDT) --Shares. Facebook. Twitter.
Imagine you are accused of a crime. Fortunately for you, the jury rejects the prosecution’s case. But the judge disagrees with the verdict. He pretends the jury has not reached a decision, an… ...
Attorney General Merrick Garland accused Republicans of wielding their power as a “partisan weapon” after all but one GOP member voted to hold him in contempt of Congress. “It is deeply ...
House Republicans are pressing ahead with efforts to impeach both President Biden and Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas. Only one cabinet official has ever been impeached, in 1876. Sarah Binder ...
Inside Impeachment’s Rise as a Weapon of Partisan Warfare. Impeachment was once seen as perhaps the most serious check on corruption and abuse of power developed by the founders.
America’s Founders did not provide for impeachment as a partisan political weapon or as a response by Congress to a President’s policies with which they disagree.
For more than a generation, the Federal Reserve has floated above politics, even as partisan conflict has consumed other public institutions. That’s a norm both parties have taken for granted ...
Well, again, there are deep roots to this partisan and political use of impeachment all the way back right to 1789 and the early, early impeachment efforts in the early 1800s. So I don't want to ...