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How Nixon's resignation changed us: Impeachment 45 years later

 

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45 years ago, on August 9, 1974, President Richard Nixon resigned. On this episode of the Brainwaves podcast, what were some of the long-term impacts, did America ever truly heal, and given the state of politics, could Congress ever carry out impeachment in a bipartisan way ever again? We talk two political scientists: CU Boulder professor Ken Bickers and the Benson Center’s William B. Allen.

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