Posts By James Sheridan
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Political Education
Political Narcissism
In the 1960s the Chicago Tribune printed a political cartoon of the Democratic donkey with a noose around his neck, holding a...
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International Politics
Too Much Vodka, Comrade?
On Thursday, January 9th, while conducting routine operations in the North Arabian Sea, USS Farragut (DDG 99) was aggressively approached by a...
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Political Education
Pardons
Pardons- specifically the abuse of pardons- have been in the news. – At the state level, Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, a...
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Political Education
Voir Dire
Voir Dire There are rough similarities between the presidential impeachment process and a jury trial. Jury trials start off when a grand...
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Political Education
Politics Ain’t Bean-bag
Politics Ain’t Bean-bag Harold Washington served as mayor during Chicago’s tumultuous ‘Council Wars’ and ‘Beirut on the lake’ era. Washington repeated a...
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Political Education
Censure
Impeachment is not the only way for the legislature to condemn the acts of a president. Since the founding of the country,...
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Political Education
Bribery
Bribery Like the phrase ‘high crimes and misdemeanours’ the term ‘bribery’ is not specifically defined in the Constitution. Founder Gouverneur Morris said,...
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Political Education
…The Good Is Oft Interred With Their Bones.
Dateline West Branch, Iowa The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library October 2019 October, 2019 marks the 90 anniversary of the Stock Market Crash...
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Political Education
High Crimes and Misdemeanors
There is a misconception that the constitutional phrase ‘high crimes and misdemeanors’ mean whatever Congress wants it to mean. The Federalist Papers...
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Gun Control
Put a Human Face on it
“The Second Amendment is not about hunting,” NRA Maryland liaison Shannon Alford said to USA Today in 2018 “It is not about...