Tatter
Politics and Policy
Displaying all 4 Episode of Tatter with the tag “congress”.
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Episode 67: Metastasis (Impeachment, w/ Frank Bowman)
January 17th, 2021 | 39 mins 35 secs
congress, donald trump, high crimes, impeachment, politics
I discuss the second impeachment of Donald Trump, considering impeachment in general, as well as the particulars of the one article of impeachment endorsed by the House in January of 2021, and what might come after a Senate trial.
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Episode 66: Conviction (Impeachment Politics, w/ Sarah Binder)
January 12th, 2021 | 43 mins 7 secs
congress, donald trump, high crimes, impeachment, politics
A conversation about impeachment politics, and about Congress more generally, with Sarah Binder of The George Washington University, and also the Brookings Institution.
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Episode 44: Interim Ad Infinitum (On The Use and Abuse of Presidential Appointment Power)
August 6th, 2019 | 30 mins 8 secs
acting heads, cabinet, congress, president, trump, vacancies
Under current law, U.S. presidents often have great latitude in filling senior-level vacancies, but abusing that freedom can create problems, as I discuss with UT-Austin law professor Stephen I. Vladeck.
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Episode 40: Up That Hill (Women in Congress)
May 6th, 2019 | 58 mins 3 secs
congress, intersectionality, politics, women, women of color
My conversation with political scientists Nadia Brown and Barbara Palmer, discussing women in legislatures, including women of color.