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Answering the Call: Leaving the Bench to Serve the President—James F. Byrnes and Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932–1945

A senator and then Supreme Court Justice, Byrnes formed a relationship with Roosevelt that is of immense importance for understanding the scope of New Deal reform at home and the eventual triumph of American liberalism abroad.

Sidney M. Milkis and Nicholas F. Jacobs

The Score: Bitter Wheat, Chappaquiddick Anniversary, Firearms Session, WWII Surveys

Fifty years ago this month, Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts drove his car off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, resulting in the death of Mary Jo Kopechne and setting off a domino effect on his own career and American politics. To look back on this anniversary, I spoke with Dr. Barbara Perry, a historian and presidential scholar at the Miller Center for Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.

Barbara Perry

Answering the Call: Leaving the Bench to Serve the President— James F. Byrnes and Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932–1945

Perhaps no President in American history has figured so prominently in the development of constitutional democracy as did Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Sidney Milkis

The groundbreaking moment in the 2020 race that no one noticed

"It's a major breakthrough," Barbara Perry, presidential studies director at the University of Virginia's Miller Center, told me over the phone this week. "Up until now, no candidate had been willing to talk about mental illness."

Barbara Perry

Trump praises Acosta but says he’ll look ‘closely’ at Epstein plea deal

More Democrats are demanding Acosta resign for his role in overseeing a plea deal for registered sex offender and billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein back in 2008. Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner, former Deputy Secretary of Labor Chris Lu, Washington Post political reporter Robert Costa, and Jessica Roth, former federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York join Geoff Bennett to break down the latest.

Chris Lu

Chris Lu on Dissent Among House Democrats and Republicans

Senior Fellow Chris Lu is interviewed on MSNBC.