Stephen Knott is the Thomas & Mabel Guy Professor of American History & Government at Ashland University, and an Emeritus Professor at the Naval War College.
Oct 24, 2024 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Some of my conservative friends are upset that two American Generals suggested that Trump was a fascist, a charge echoed by Harris last night. Just curious what you would call someone who rails against the "enemy within," broke a 230 year tradition of peaceful transfers of power,
accused his former Chairman of the CJS of treason and called for his execution, routinely attacks judges (he's a "Mexican judge") and their family members who have the audacity to rule against him, called for the prosecution of critics of the Supreme Court, ("These people should
Jan 29, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
This is an excerpt from an oral history interview I did in 2003 with President Reagan's White House Counsel Peter Wallison. The excerpt concerns the selection of Antonin Scalia for the Supreme Court. As Wallison notes, it was Scalia's Italian "extraction"
that led to his selection. President's have always looked to race, ethnicity, religion, etc., in making these selections.
