EPISODE · Mar 15, 2018 · 41 MIN
The Saxbe Fix
from Constitution Thursday · host Dave Bowman
After their experience in the American revolution and years of watching Kings buy their way to policy, the Framers believed that a simple and even elegant solution was to simply ban the ability of a single person to hold Office both civilly and in the government. Makes sense, right? So how did we get to the place where the Article is routinely "ignored" and senators become Secretaries?
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After their experience in the American revolution and years of watching Kings buy their way to policy, the Framers believed that a simple and even elegant solution was to simply ban the ability of a single person to hold Office both civilly and in the government. Makes sense, right? So how did we get to the place where the Article is routinely "ignored" and senators become Secretaries?
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