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The President's Cabinet Was an Invention of America's First President

A new book explores how George Washington shaped the group of advisors as an institution to meet his own needs.
by Lindsay M. Chervinsky, Karin Wulf via Smithsonian on April 7, 2020
Graffito picture of Richard Nixon superimposed on lines an German text.

Richard Nixon, Modular Man

Even knowing every awful thing Richard Nixon would go on to do, you had to respect, as the phrase goes, his hustle.
by Phil Christman via The Hedgehog Review on April 6, 2020
Portraits of Donald Trump and Herbert Hoover.
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Covid-19 May Destroy Donald Trump’s Presidency

Has Trump plunged America into another Great Depression?
by Meg Jacobs via Made By History on March 23, 2020
George Washington's false teeth
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Were George Washington's Teeth Taken from Enslaved People?

How the dental history of the nation’s first president is interwoven with slavery and privilege.
by Matthew Wills, Jennifer Van Horn via JSTOR Daily on February 25, 2020
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President Precedents

How Americans understand the powers of the office and the legacies of past leaders.
Painting of George Washington on his death bed, surrounded by family and friends.

The Myth of George Washington’s Post-Presidency

When Washington left the presidency, he didn’t really leave politics at all.
by Jonathan Horn via Politico Magazine on February 17, 2020
Illustration of Lincoln consulting with military figures in a tent.

Did Lincoln Really Matter?

What the Civil War tells us about who has the power to shape history.
by Adam Gopnik via The New Yorker on February 10, 2020

Even the Founding Fathers Couldn’t Envision a President Like Trump

Reflections on Alexander Hamilton, Alexis de Tocqueville, and the power of the presidency.
by Liesl Schillinger via Literary Hub on February 6, 2020

Is Impeachment Only About Getting a Conviction?

A new history of Andrew Johnson’s trial reminds us the impeachment is a tool to constrain executive abuse of power and publicize dissent on matters of policy.
by Stephanie McCurry via The Nation on January 30, 2020

Historians' Statement on the Impeachment of President Trump

Over 1000 historians have signed this statement condemning President Trump's actions.
via Medium on December 18, 2019

The Framers’ Answers to Three Myths About Impeachment

Three misunderstood aspects of our governmental system, and the truth pulled directly from the Federalist Papers
by Garry Wills via New York Review of Books on December 3, 2019

Did the New Deal Need FDR?

His political evolution points to a different locus of power than the one liberals tend to invoke when discussing the era’s history.
by Kim Phillips-Fein via The Nation on November 11, 2019

The Case Against an American King, Then and Now

Liesl Schillinger Considers the Impeachment of Donald Trump vs. the Indictment of George III.
by Liesl Schillinger via Literary Hub on November 8, 2019
Trump through a television camera.

How TV Paved America’s Road to Trump

“A brand mascot that jumped off the cereal box”: a TV critic explains the multimedia character Trump created.
by Sean Illing, James Poniewozik via Vox on November 7, 2019
Andrew Johnson impeachment.

The Common Misconception About ‘High Crimes and Misdemeanors’

The constitutional standard for impeachment is different from what’s at play in a regular criminal trial.
by Frank O. Bowman III via The Atlantic on October 22, 2019

The Obamanauts

What is the defining achievement of Barack Obama?
by Corey Robin via Dissent on October 7, 2019
Demonstrators with signs reading "Impeach Nixon" march toward the U.S. Capitol.

How Watergate Set the Stage for the Trump Impeachment Inquiry

The Nixon impeachment proceedings and their parallels with the Trump-Ukraine scandal.
by Beverly Gage, Isaac Chotiner via The New Yorker on September 25, 2019

The 40-Year War

William Barr’s long struggle against congressional oversight.
by Brad Miller via The American Prospect on September 9, 2019
Painting of the signing of the Constitution.

The American Founders Made Sure the President Could Never Suspend Congress

Boris Johnson is suspending Parliament for five weeks. That couldn't happen in the United States.
by Eliga Gould via The Conversation on September 3, 2019
Political cartoon of Grover Cleveland's trade policy.

Grover Cleveland and the Democrats Who Saved Conservatism

They stood against Tammany Hall, the centralized presidency, and profligate spending. Today's Right should give them another look.
by Daniel Bring via The American Conservative on August 28, 2019

Teddy Roosevelt Hated Baseball

It was a struggle to even get the president to go to a game.
by Ryan Swanson via Literary Hub on August 27, 2019
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Rethinking the Construction of Ronald Reagan's Legacy

Conservatives created a rosy image of Reagan to further their political project.
by Sarah Thomson via Made By History on August 12, 2019

The Most Dangerous American Idea

No belief in the history of the US has been more threatening to democracy than the certainty that only white people are fit for self-government.
by Adam Serwer via The Atlantic on August 5, 2019

How a Historian Uncovered Ronald Reagan’s Racist Remarks to Richard Nixon

In a taped call with Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan described the African delegates to the United Nations in luridly racist terms.
by Timothy Naftali, Isaac Chotiner via The New Yorker on August 2, 2019
Jackson statue in New Orleans.
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What Happens When Racism and Executive Overreach Intersect in the Oval Office

It happened during Andrew Jackson’s administration, with fatal consequences.
by Laura Ellyn Smith via Made By History on July 16, 2019

Ronald Reagan’s Reel Life

Did the movies ever matter? They did to Ronald Reagan.
by J. Hoberman via New York Review of Books on June 29, 2019
U.S. Constitution

The President Who Would Not Be King

Executive power and the Constitution.
by Michael W. McConnell via Stanford Lawyer on June 26, 2019

Will Support Grow for Impeaching Trump? Data on Nixon Offers a Clue.

The shift in attitudes about Nixon's impeachment suggests that Congress' actions can shape public opinion.
by Greg Sargent via Washington Post on June 3, 2019
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A Brief History of the Theory Trump and Barr Use to Resist Congressional Oversight

Is Trump's power as president becoming just what the Founders feared?
by Donald J. Fraser via HNN on June 2, 2019

What Two Crucial Words in the Constitution Actually Mean

I reviewed publications from the founding era, and discovered that “executive power” doesn’t imply what most scholars thought.
by Julian Davis Mortenson via The Atlantic on June 2, 2019

Congressional Action on Yemen May Be the First Salvo Against Presidential War Powers

President Trump’s skirting around Congress to sell arms to Saudi Arabia is only the latest example of presidential overreach.
by R. Joseph Parrott via The Conversation on May 29, 2019
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