Bruce and Daily Beast/CNN correspondent Matt K. Lewis talk about midterms, and Presidents post-midterms. Bruce tells a story about how Lincoln got his legislative groove back, a story that he told 11 years ago. (More information on that story in the premium podcast). http://traffic.libsyn.com/mhcbuyp/mattlewis.mp3
Month: November 2018
David Priess on the Realities of Impeachment and the History of Presidential Removal
We are joined today by David Priess, former CIA intelligence officer and author, about his new book on the history and the realities of impeachment, and the 25th, what people think it is, and what has really happened in history. He is the author of How To Get Rid of a President: History’s Guide to…
Posse Comitatus and Billy The Kid
A law that may have given Billy The Kid a few more months of life, long enough to build a legend is still a part of today’s politics. The rich history of the Posse Commitatus law that separated military from law enforcement and forbids, in some cases, the use of military on American soil. From…