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7 Apr 2009, 3:13 pm
Today, our society inflates the role of Lincoln in bringing about abolition, the centrality of Roosevelt to the New Deal and end of the Great Depression, the role of Kennedy in the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the role of Johnson in the passage of the anti-poverty and Great Society programs.Although presidential leadership and vision were critical to the accomplishment of these policies, these dramatic changes would not have occurred without the engagement and… [read post]
17 Sep 2015, 9:01 pm by John Dean
To the contrary, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, George H.W. [read post]
17 Mar 2008, 4:55 am
  Presidents:   Jefferson, Harding, Roosevelt (Franklin), Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Clinton. [read post]
27 Jun 2014, 6:19 am by Jim Sedor
Illinois – Event Honoring Quinn Raises ‘Pay to Play’ Issues Washington Times – Carla Johnson (Associated Press) | Published: 6/20/2014 The Roosevelt Group, a lobbying firm with close ties to a key subcontractor hired to promote the nation’s health care law in Illinois, hosted a fundraiser for the Democratic Governors Association (DGA) “honoring Pat Quinn,” according to an invitation that lists suggested sponsorship levels of between… [read post]
13 Oct 2006, 8:38 am
It deals with the question of what should now be done if, like so many Americans, one is unhappy with the warmongering, the extreme rightward thrust in both foreign and domestic affairs, and the rampant dishonesty which have come to extensively characterize much of American policies and politics, especially since the days of Nixon but also since the days of Johnson with regard to war and dishonesty. [read post]
3 Nov 2010, 3:21 am by Mandelman
In that article’s introductory paragraph, Johnson says: “The crash has laid bare many unpleasant truths about the United States. [read post]
9 Mar 2008, 10:28 am
Colorado has voted Democratic in Presidential elections only three times since Franklin Roosevelt’s candidacies: Clinton-Gore in ’92; Johnson-Humphrey in ’64; and Truman-Barkley in ’48. [read post]
1 Feb 2017, 9:00 pm by Dean Falvy
Roosevelt became the last president to die in office of natural causes (1945), presidents have not only tended to complete their terms, but to enjoy impressive life spans as ex-presidents. [read post]
8 Jun 2010, 1:38 am
His second wife immediately filed for divorce. (2004) [259] New York Governor Eliot Spitzer (D) used the Emperors Club VIP prostitution service to meet $1,000/ night escorts. [260] No charges were filed since no public funds were used, though he resigned anyway. (2008)[261] Roosevelt Dobbins (D-AR) - pleaded guilty to misdemeanor harassment for fondling a teenager (2005) Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann (D) resigned May 14, 2008, after he admitted he had an affair with a staff… [read post]
9 Oct 2022, 9:04 pm by Eric W. Orts
In a single week in June 2022, at the close of its last term, the U.S. [read post]
14 Mar 2024, 5:50 am by Harold Hongju Koh
He saw a United Kingdom that had “brexited” Europe under Prime Minister Boris Johnson. [read post]
23 Dec 2022, 2:32 pm
  Here the discursive power on Americans ought to have been powerfully resonant with a narrative trope made famous by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in his famous Four Freedoms Speech (Annual Message to Congress, 6 January 1941):Pix credit hereIn the future days we will seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms: * * *  The fourth is the freedom from fear--which, translated into world terms, seeks a world wide reduction or armaments… [read post]
26 Feb 2024, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson each responded to the demands of the 20th Century by striving to create a powerful and managerially effective executive. [read post]
20 Apr 2020, 6:30 am by Sandy Levinson
For the Symposium on Richard Albert, Constitutional Amendments: Making, Breaking, and Changing Constitutions (Oxford University Press, 2019). [read post]