Presidential greatness is rarely fixed in stone – changing attitudes on racial injustice and leadership qualities lead to dramatic shifts
While some Republicans want to put Donald Trump onto Mt. Rushmore, historians often change their views of presidents over ...
How does the Constitution contemplate tariffs? Can Trump really impose them? | Opinion
So, if only Congress can impose taxes, how can the president impose tariffs? Here is the backstory. However one characterizes ...
Renowned presidential historian, UNC professor William E. Leuchtenburg dies at 102
William E. Leuchtenburg, one of the nation’s preeminent historians and the leading scholar on President Franklin D. Roosevelt ...
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Suza: Reflecting on the 14th amendment ahead of George Washington Carver Day in Iowa
Saturday, Feb. 1 is George Washington Carver Day in Iowa ... will for all time afford an inspiring example to youth everywhere," President Franklin Delano Roosevelt said upon Carver’s death in 1943.
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William E. Leuchtenburg, eminent presidential historian and Ken Burns consultant, dies at 102
William E. Leuchtenburg, a leading scholar of Franklin Roosevelt and the Great Depression, has died at age 102.
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Executive orders are blowing up the Constitution
Whereas George Washington issued eight, Franklin D. Roosevelt issued 3,721 — still, the highest number signed by any American president. Whereas Ronald Reagan issued 381, Barack Obama issued 276 ...
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‘I do solemnly swear…': Interesting facts about Inauguration Day history
Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first president inaugurated ... The inauguration was postponed to give President-elect George Washington ample time to make the trip from his home in Virginia ...
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U.S. presidents who weren't inaugurated outside the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
The first inaugurations in U.S. history didn't happen in Washington ... The inauguration was held in March until Franklin Delano Roosevelt's second inauguration in 1937, so the threat of freezing ...
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Illegal Actions, Missing Consequences
It’s only going to get crazier. Ride with us, and we’ll help you keep your sanity intact.
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Historic Bibles and the oath: Here are some of the traditions you may see at Donald Trump's inauguration
All but two elected presidents took the oath in Washington, D.C., as it did ... and with all nations." Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first inaugural address in 1933, which came as the country ...
U.S. presidents who weren't inaugurated outside the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
President-elect Donald Trump's will be sworn in under the Capitol Rotunda, rather than outside. But he's not the only president inaugurated in an unusual location.