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Bill Lee Declares August 8 Emancipation Day

August 9, 2020August 8, 2020 Chris Butler

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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee declared Saturday, August 8 as Emancipation Day.

Lee announced this on his Facebook page.

Marsha Blackburn Wants Democratic Presidential Candidates to Recuse Themselves from Donald Trump Impeachment Trial

January 16, 2020January 15, 2020 Chris Butler

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U.S. Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee said Wednesday Democratic presidential candidates should recuse themselves from the upcoming impeachment process.

Commentary: The Poison Legacy of ‘Low-Bar’ Impeachment

December 10, 2019December 9, 2019 Admin

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Since the embarrassing impeachment and failed conviction of President Andrew Johnson in 1868, Americans more or less had avoided that ultimate constitutional method of removing a chief executive from power. The Johnson impeachment had been so steeped in personal hatred, political rivalry, and post-war agendas that the failure by one vote in the Senate to remove the impeached Johnson more or less discredited the process for a century.