The Past, the Promise, the Presidency

Dr. Jeffrey Engel, "Fifty Years Since Watergate: Presidential Power in the Age of Rampant Immunity and Feckless Impeachments"

The Past, the Promise, the Presidency

Show Notes

On October 30th, 2024, CPH Director Dr. Jeffrey Engel presented a lecture as part of the SMU Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute Godbey Lecture Series, described below. A few weeks later, we sat down with Dr. Engel for a Q&A about his talk -- that conversation follows a recording of the lecture itself. Fifty Years Since Watergate: Presidential Power in the Age of Rampant Immunity and Feckless Impeachments It has been fifty years since Richard Nixon resigned the presidency. Con...

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