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Mary Gay Scanlon: the only radical view I am embracing here is the idea that we the people should be governed by a constitution that…

On the recordDecember 16, 2019
the only radical view I am embracing here is the idea that we the people should be governed by a constitution that divides powers between three coequal branches and establishes checks and balances on the President.
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Mary Gay Scanlon
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Scanlon defends the impeachment process as a constitutional duty, not a partisan plot.

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