Did the Confederates have a point, kind of? Here's a hint: not really
Peter Radan argues the South had every right to bust up the "slaveholders' union." Intriguing! But not convincing
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Peter Radan argues the South had every right to bust up the "slaveholders' union." Intriguing! But not convincing
GOP Senator Bill Cassidy on Tuesday broke from most of his party and voted to proceed with the second impeachment trial of former President Trump, saying that Trump’s legal team did a “terrible job” in presenting their case that the trial is unconstitutional. “One side’s doing a great job. And the other side’s doing a terrible job on the issue at hand,” Cassidy said after House impeachment managers and the former president’s legal team presented their respective cases on moving forward with the trial. “House managers were focused, ...
History. nixon called it a kangaroo court and a witch hunt. the echoes are clear. this was a desperate letter coming from the white house counsel. i think that's why we need to acknowledge it for what it is. they are fighting their own sort of ahistorical, aconstitutional argument here. in the meantime, it's going to go on here. but they don't like the facts emerging. that's going to get worse. >> the letter almost seemed to be taken directly from president trump's mouth. some of it was sort of written in a legalistic way. then other words, the call was perfect. by the way, the call was perfec...