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SOURCE: Washington Post
12/02/2019
‘Lock me up’: The last man to be arrested for defying Congress during an investigation
by Ronald G. Schafer
In 1935, the case went to the Supreme Court, which upheld the Senate’s power to jail a recalcitrant aviation industry lawyer.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
10/01/2019
Why Donald Trump is much more dangerous than Andrew Johnson
by Sidney M. Milkis and Daniel J. Tichenor
While both presidents are demagogues who faced impeachment, today’s political reality means that Trump can do more damage
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SOURCE: History
09/26/2019
U.S. Whistleblowers First Got Government Protection in 1777
by Christopher Klein
The Founding Fathers passed the country’s first whistleblower protection law just seven months after signing the Declaration of Independence. The government even footed the legal bills.
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