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The autopsy photo shows a little boy who looks relieved to be dead. His eyes are closed. A hospital tube protrudes from his broken nose. He has deep cuts above his right ear and dark linear scars on his forehead. The bruises on his back are a succession of yellows...
Q: OK, let's assume a total nightmare. The electoral college doesn't pick a president, the House and Senate don't pick a president - all by Jan. 20. What happens? A: Clinton has to leave office and, under the Presidential Succession Act, Strom Thurmond, the president pro tempore of...
The Federalist party had lost the presidency but retained a majority in the House. Most Federalists hated Burr less than they hated Jefferson and voted accordingly. On the first ballot, with nine states necessary for election, Jefferson had eight, Burr six; two were divided. Ballot after ballot followed, day after...
The next succession crisis came a half-century later, in the aftermath of the Civil War. In 1876 the Democratic candidate, Governor Samuel J. Tilden of New York, won the popular vote. It appeared he had won the electoral vote too. But Southern states were still under military occupation, and...
The Republic has faced succession crises before - and the Star-Spangled Banner yet waves. There is no need to get too excited over this one.