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Power of the presidency. whatever you think of the charges against donald trump on russia or ukraine, his position of resolute noncooperation with congress in the impeachment inquiry should trouble you deeply. if congress cannot exercise its core constitutional oversight capacity, the presidency will have become an elected dictatorship. weve been going down this road for a while. it was written about the imperial presidency in 1973. many believed matters were under control. in fact, as he noted ...

The president of the united states can now order the execution of american citizens who are deemed by him to be terrorists without due process. attorney general bill bar believes despite all this history, the great problem in america is the presidency is too weak. he has enabled the policy of stone walling and silence in which top administration officials behave almost as if congress does not exist. people often ask what the founders would think of america today. it seems to me the greatest shoc...

Greatest historians talking about john adams, fdr, and so forth. >> rick, lets get to the substance. you wrote this great book about the end of the nixon presidency, invisible bridge. you point out, you know, when we think about the impeachment hearings, there was a lot more going on with nixon than just the impeachment hearings. describe the kind of breadth of the investigation. >> well, by the time nixon resigned, what the public referred to when they said water gate was this sins that went ba...