Historian Answer Time. I've gotten these questions a bunch, so here's a #twitterstorian explainer (a brief thread)
1. No, I can't think of a precendent for the NYT anon op-ed. Only thing close is maybe Kissinger conducting foreign policy while Nixon was in a gin-induced blackout.
1. No, I can't think of a precendent for the NYT anon op-ed. Only thing close is maybe Kissinger conducting foreign policy while Nixon was in a gin-induced blackout.
Historian Answer Time. I've gotten these questions a bunch, so here's a #twitterstorian explainer (a brief thread)
2. Not invoking the 25th amendment to avoid a constitutional crisis is in itself a constitutional crisis, yes.
2. Not invoking the 25th amendment to avoid a constitutional crisis is in itself a constitutional crisis, yes.
Historian Answer Time. I've gotten these questions a bunch, so here's a #twitterstorian explainer (a brief thread)
3. Sure, there were worse nominees than Kavanaugh-worse justices, too (looking at you, Roger Taney!) But not that many, and when you're in this territory, it's BAD.
3. Sure, there were worse nominees than Kavanaugh-worse justices, too (looking at you, Roger Taney!) But not that many, and when you're in this territory, it's BAD.
Historian Answer Time. I've gotten these questions a bunch, so here's a #twitterstorian explainer (a brief thread)
4. Yes, this is what political crises look like: elites strive to appear like everything is normal and standard procedures are still in place. But it's a losing game
4. Yes, this is what political crises look like: elites strive to appear like everything is normal and standard procedures are still in place. But it's a losing game
Historian Answer Time. I've gotten these questions a bunch, so here's a #twitterstorian explainer (a brief thread)
5. No, I don't think we'll have another civil war. But if you look at the rampant inequality and suppression of democracy we're experiencing...
5. No, I don't think we'll have another civil war. But if you look at the rampant inequality and suppression of democracy we're experiencing...
Historian Answer Time. I've gotten these questions a bunch, so here's a #twitterstorian explainer (a brief thread)
6. What historical lessons are applicable to today? It's all fearmongering, hyperbole, and doomsaying...until the day it's not.
6. What historical lessons are applicable to today? It's all fearmongering, hyperbole, and doomsaying...until the day it's not.
Historian Answer Time. I've gotten these questions a bunch, so here's a #twitterstorian explainer (a brief thread)
7. No, norms are not enough. Customs and laws are not self-enforcing. In other words, democracy is work. And struggle.
7. No, norms are not enough. Customs and laws are not self-enforcing. In other words, democracy is work. And struggle.
Historian Answer Time. I've gotten these questions a bunch, so here's a #twitterstorian explainer (a brief thread)
8. No, I guess we historians aren't very fun at parties.
8. No, I guess we historians aren't very fun at parties.
Nor can we spell "precedent" correctly, but maybe that's just me. Sorry.
