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My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

How Mandates Were Invented

My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

Bruce Carlson

News, History, Politics

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2017

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

The concept of a President earning a right to govern and direct the agenda on behalf of the People is, in historical terms, a new concept. No such concept is present in Constitution, nor does it appear, was imagined by Constitutional supporters or opponents. Instead it is the result of Andrew Jackson’s Presidency. A President that has […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The floor of the White House strewn with broken China and ice cream.

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It's a political legend associated with a phenomenon in American politics.

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Music. The

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It can be as low as $2 a month if you just want the podcast.

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In addition to getting archived episodes of the podcast sent out on a regular basis,

1:36.8

usually with a little bit of curation from me.

1:40.0

We've talked about lots of political topics over the years.

1:45.7

I've access to a 10-year archive.

1:52.1

In addition, there's bonus episodes. For instance, I'm currently reading some of the Jefferson Adams letters verbatim on the site. We talked about in an episode last year about Jefferson

1:58.2

and Adams and their resumption of their correspondence.

2:03.4

I'm reading some of those letters on the podcast.

2:07.2

In the last episode, we talked about the Iran-Contra scandal.

2:13.0

In the premium cast, I talked a bit about the Iranian side of it and how the person that leaked the story was executed and why.

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Thank you for everyone who has supported

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