by jessparvin | Mar 7, 2024 | Democracy, Presidential Succession, Uncategorized
The House speaker crisis calls attention to the potential for far worse political instability. By Jean Parvin Bordewich and Roy E. Brownell II Originally published on October 27, 2023 in The Wall Street Journal The ousting of Kevin McCarthy as speaker threw the House...
by jessparvin | Sep 13, 2023 | Democracy, History, Presidential Succession, Uncategorized
Should the president and vice president both die, you’d think we’d have a well-considered plan to reconstitute the government. In fact, we don’t. Originally published on April 4, 2023 in Washington Monthly Most of us who follow government know what the line of...
