Watergate

Precedent George Bush

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Bush's term in office will be remembered for the precedents it set, particularly in relation to the presidential power, and the separation of powers between the three branches of U.S. government.

Are the Democrats Worse Than the Republicans?

Cenk Uygur | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics


Cenk Uygur

President Bush is the most unpopular president of all time -- literally. But if you keep losing to the worst, what does that make you?

Senator Sam's Challenge to Presidential Power

Julian E. Zelizer and Bruce Schulman | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics


Julian E. Zelizer and Bruce Schulman

We seem to be back to the summer of 1973, although in some respects Bush's extension of executive power has been much more dramatic than anything in that period.

Executive Privilege: Let Congress's Contempt Suit Proceed

Emily Berman and Aziz Huq | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics


Emily Berman and Aziz Huq

The executive is assigned the tools to respond to danger -- which also makes it the branch that poses the greatest risk to our own liberties and the branch in greatest need of oversight.

Remembering Ruben Salazar

Paul Krassner | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics


Paul Krassner

Now that there's a commemorative stamp honoring Ruben Salazar, it's appropriate to recall the context in which he was killed.

James Rosen: Fox News Correspondent, Watergate Revisionist

New York Observer | Felix Gillette | Posted 04.23.2008 | Media


"This is not your father's Watergate," said James Rosen. Mr. Rosen, an on-air D.C.-based correspondent for Fox News was speaking to NYTV on Monday af...

Subsidizing Corporate Crime and Rewarding Constitutional Abuses

Shahid Buttar | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics


Shahid Buttar

Controversial government programs are theoretically restrained by checks and balances, but neither Congress nor the courts have a way to check a secret program.

The Leak: John McCain's Stopover In New Orleans

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 04.19.2008 | Home


Karen Dalton-Beninato

The scandal this time is that there's no scandal. The leak John McCain should be addressing in New Orleans is the one at the 17th Street Canal Floodwall, the same one that was leaking before Katrina.

How Would Watergate Be Reported Today?

Art Brodsky | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Art Brodsky

Until people regain trust in what they read, the long, slow decline will continue regardless of the medium through which information is conveyed.

Is It Time to Consider Impeaching the President?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics


John W. Whitehead

It's time for Congress to grow a backbone and send the president a clear message: either step in line with the rule of law and heed the voice of "we the people" or face impeachment hearings.

Things Karl Rove Just Remembered

Sean Carman | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics


Sean Carman

Watergate was invented by the liberal media as retaliation for the great success of Nixon's law and order presidency.

Snake Oil: The Republican Art of Fooling the Public

Dan Agin | Posted 11.15.2007 | Politics


Dan Agin

In politics, we don't remember enough. We forget how much of American political history is a history of con-men selling us "snake oil."


 

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