There was one central reason the Civil War happened.
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An official proclamation issued by two Tennessee lawmakers commemorates Confederate History Month, fails to mention slavery and instead honors what it calls a “heroic struggle for states’ rights.”
A combination of irrelevancy, powerlessness and derision is in store for a president who chooses not to run for reelection.
History shows that political contests over the ideological slant of the court are nothing new.
Lincoln’s chances of reelection in 1864 were dim. He was presiding over a bloody civil war, and the public was losing confidence in him. But he steadfastly rejected pleas to postpone the election.
No one involved in local government wants to see federal law enforcement agents take over their policing. But a mayor who’s also a legal scholar says there’s history and precedent for it.
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Professor of History, Arizona State University
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