Inadequate Representation Quotes
This quote is noteworthy that Jefferson thought that the President had too little power while the King of Poland was known the world over as having a very weak King.
Originally it was published in Boston under the name “A Columbian Patriot.” Today the average number of constituents of a member of the House is several times that which she and others thought already way to large.
Dodd, in Berlin from 1933 to the onset of WWII, was able to see first hand what Hitler and the Nazi Movement was really like, Although he for the United States and Churchill for England warned early on, the politics of the times would not allow any action to stop or curtail Hitler. America, in particular, had a strong isolationist Republican wing and in addition, a small but loud core of pro Fascist, Hitler admirers such as Charles Lindberg, Father Coughlin, and Henry Ford. America had virtually no serious military capacity at the time, and with the Depression, FDR had all he could do to just gradually build up the military. By the time the Democracies realized that Dodd and Churchill were right, it was too late to prevent WWII. Dodd died in 1940 just when it was clear that he had been right.
Referring to the fact that the framers of the constitution did not deal with slavery or womens' suffrage:
Description of Atomic Energy Commission hearings on the security status of Robert Oppenheimer. Robert Oppenheimer was the physicist who directed the development of the atomic bomb in the Manhattan project of World War II. After the war his views opposed some powerful political interests and they organized hearings to deny him a security clearance. Conant was a scientist who was the liaison between the highest levels of government and the staff at Los Alamos who were developing the bomb. Later, to make amends, Oppenheimer received the Fermi prize from the President.
This appears to be the only time in the last century where a President ridiculed and attacked the American Justice System. President Trump appeard not to realzie that as President, he was the Chief Magistrate of the United States.
