When officials lie time and again, people don’t know what to trust. And when this happens, citizens cannot deliberate, approve or dissent coherently, because a shared world no longer exists.
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GOP Rep. Liz Cheney says the American people “deserve the full and open testimony of every person with knowledge of the planning and preparation for Jan. 6.” Will they get it?
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A former lawyer for the US House of Representatives explains the constitutional and historical limits barring Congress from checking the president’s clemency powers.
A longtime White House reporter describes what’s lost when the relationship between the press and the president is bad and once-routine press briefings aren’t held.
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An expert on Watergate says that today’s House Republicans have taken precisely the opposite position than the GOP took in 1974 on the president’s power to withhold documents from Congress.
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Professor of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
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Professor Emeritus of Journalism, San Francisco State University
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Assistant Professor of Public Policy, University of Washington
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Distinguished Fellow in Law and Government, Dickinson Law, Penn State
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Tufts University
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Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin is a Friend of The Conversation.
Frank and Bethine Church Endowed Chair of Public Affairs, Boise State University
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Distinguished Professor and Dean Emeritus, University of South Carolina
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Research Specialist, the Miller Center, University of Virginia