Nixon

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  12/2/19
  

  Republicans Defending Trump on Impeachment Should Fear the Judgment of History

  by Michael Luo

  This week, as the current Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings on President Donald Trump, these obituaries might serve as a reminder to the committee’s Republican members that the consequences of their decisions in the coming days will likely extend far beyond the next election.

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• SOURCE: Vanity Fair
  11/27/19
  

  Trump's Toadies Should Take Note: Watergate Says Everyone Goes Down

  by Kevin M. Kruse

  The lesson Nixon imparts to today’s POTUS loyalists is that courts of law and of public opinion will judge them harshly.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  11/19/19
  

  The GOP Appointees Who Defied the President

  by Michael Koncewicz

  Before Watergate became a story that dominated the national media in the spring of 1973, there were individuals within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the IRS that took dramatic steps to block Nixon’s attempts to politicize their work.  

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• SOURCE: The Hill
  11/9/19
  

  Presidential cooperation: History's perspective on scandal and controversy

  by Stephen W. Stathis

  The American experience is littered with scandals. When presidents have been unwilling to cooperate with an investigation, the resulting confrontation is often ugly and long-remembered, as the escalating Ukraine scandal undoubtedly will be.

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• SOURCE: NBC News
  11/9/19
  

  From Nixon to Trump, the historical arc of presidential misconduct is deeply troubling

  by James M. Banner Jr.

  Since the early 1970s, the behavior of American presidents has worsened in alarming ways.

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• SOURCE: Vox
  10/7/19
  

  The difference between Nixon and Trump is Fox News

  by Nicole Hemmer

  Fox News shields President Trump. But his love for their conspiracies might bring him down.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  10/3/19
  

  Inside the Supreme Court ruling that made Nixon turn over his Watergate tapes

  The historic judgment that U.S. presidents do not hold unchecked power to declare executive privilege set a precedent that courts would consider in evaluating whether President Trump could shield his own communications from external scrutiny amid an impeachment inquiry.

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• 9/29/19
  

  Is The Ukraine Scandal the Smoking Gun?

  by James D. Robenalt

  Could this be the moment of clarity that will finally bring down President Trump? 

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• 9/29/19
  

  “The System Worked!” Watergate’s Lesson in an Age of Trump

  by Michael A. Genovese

  A nation of laws depends upon the people to enliven the law. A dedicated citizenry is the only hope against tyranny.

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• 9/29/19
  

  How Ideologues and Partisans Seized the Court: From Nixon to Trump

  by Thom Hartmann

  When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal. —Richard M. Nixon 

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• SOURCE: Chicago Tribune
  9/25/19
  

  Like Watergate all over again? In some ways, yes, but there are stark differences

  by Jon Marshall

  Echoes of Watergate could be heard in Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s announcement Tuesday that the House of Representatives will begin a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. But how similar is this path to what the nation experienced 45 years ago?

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• 9/29/19
  

  The History Briefing on Impeachment: How Historians Covered this Week's Top Story

  by Jonathan Montano

  A recap of historical perspectives on the current impeachment inquiry. 

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• SOURCE: Bloomberg News
  9/26/19
  

  Will Impeachment Backfire? Here's What History Suggests.

  Featuring the insights of historian Brenda Wineapple. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  9/25/19
  

  That time Nixon released doctored transcripts during Watergate

  Trump said in a tweet Tuesday the rough transcript will prove it was “very friendly and totally appropriate call.” To students of history, though, this is more fodder for the endless comparisons between Trump and Nixon.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  9/25/19
  

  I Voted to Impeach Nixon. I’d Do the Same for Trump.

  by Elizabeth Holtzman

  The Ukraine scandal has a lot of similarities to Watergate.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  9/21/19
  

  If This Isn’t Impeachable, Nothing Is

  by Tom Nichols

  Until now, there was room for reasonable disagreement over impeachment as both a matter of politics and a matter of tactics. 

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• 9/26/19
  

  What Does History Tell Us About Impeachment and Presidential Scandal? Here's 7 Historians' Analysis.

  by Kyla Sommers

  Featuring historians Andrew Hartman, Jennifer Mercieca, Eladio B. Bobadilla, David Walsh, Varsha Venkat, Derek Litvak, and Rick Shenkman. 

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• Updated 11/20/19
  

  Sondland Sings: Here's How Historians Are Responding

  What historians are saying, tweeting and retweeting.

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• 9/22/19
  

  Dan Rather Claims the Press and Faith Will Get Us Past Trump's Transgressions. Is He Right?

  by Michael McQuillan

  Dan Rather on Watergate's lessons for today. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  9/18/19
  

  Why Democrats can’t speak for the ‘silent majority’

  by Seth Blumenthal

  President Trump is exactly the kind of champion the voting bloc wants.