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• SOURCE: USA Today
  1/23/20
  

  Impeachment: Republicans are in the tank for Trump, but Democrats aren't impartial, either

  by Jonathan Zimmerman

  As of right now, I think Trump should be removed. But I must keep my mind open to new arguments and evidence, instead of closing myself off before we have heard them. 

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• SOURCE: AP
  1/22/20
  

  Trump’s Lawyers Say a Crime Is Required for Impeachment, But Experts Say That’s Not What Founding Fathers Intended

  Featuring historians Rachel Shelden, Jeffrey Engel, and David Stewart. 

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• SOURCE: LA Times
  12/26/19
  

  Why demagogues were the Founding Fathers’ greatest fear

  by Eli Merritt

  Washington’s greatest fear that summer of decision in Philadelphia was that unwise, self-seeking politicians — even if fairly elected to public office — would tear down the central government and its constitutional laws for the sake of their own advancement and glorification.

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• SOURCE: History.com
  12/5/19
  

  The Founding Fathers Feared Foreign Influence—And Devised Protections Against It

  If the United States was going to be different, the framers needed a founding document that fully recognized and defended against the corrupting influence of foreign money and power, particularly on the president.

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• 12/1/2019
  

  A Wealth Tax? Two Framers Weigh In

  by Ray Raphael

  Wealth taxes are on the current political table and hotly debated. All taxation was on the framers’ table as they considered a new constitution. What would they make of the measures we are considering now?

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• 11/24/19
  

  Fake News and the Founders: Get Used to It!

  by Harlow Giles Unger

  Fake news did not diminish as the nation matured. Indeed, it became entwined in the nation’s literary fabric.