Past presidents have tapped their unarticulated prerogative powers in times of necessity and for the national good. For Trump, it’s a permission slip to do as he will.
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Posted inBooks
Alan Dershowitz: Trump Can Serve a Third Term
The famous author and law professor argues that the president isn’t prevented from serving a third term. This former Dershowitz admirer begs to differ.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
How to Cover the Presidency the Washington Monthly Way
It’s a unique and winning formula: Editors and reporters who have worked in the West Wing, deep knowledge of policy and politics, and avoiding all of the who’s-up-who’s-down nonsense.
Posted inOctober 1982
Jonathan Alter On Political Books
Lou Cannon is the Lou Gehrig of Reagan reporters. He must hold some sort of record for consecutive campaigns covering a politician without being sent to another beat or brought into the front office as an aide. Since 1966, when Reagan first entered politics as governor of California, Cannon has been there to make sure […]
