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Editor's note
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Can’t wait to read the Mueller investigation report and find out what really happened? Law professor Stanley Brand of Penn State says the expectation that the public will see a report is based on a misunderstanding of the law. Prepare for disappointment, he writes, unless something exceptional happens.
Wealthy Cuban exiles in the U.S. may soon get some good news from President Trump. The president is considering giving those exiles permission to sue in U.S. federal court anyone using or profiting from property exiles lost in the 1959 revolution. If Trump makes that move, writes Latin America scholar William LeoGrande of American University, it will frustrate Cuban economic development efforts and clog U.S. courts.
Today is Presidents Day. To mark this celebration of our nation’s leaders, Michael Blake, a professor of philosophy, public policy and governance at the University of Washington asks whether it is better to have a moral leader, or one who is willing to break some rules for the common good. And Stacy Cordery, a historian at Iowa State, looks at presidential work ethics. You may know that President Trump has been criticized for taking too much nebulous “executive time,” but can you guess which president was labeled the “locomotive president” and which was known for taking regular naps?
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Naomi Schalit
Senior Editor, Politics + Society
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Will the public ever see a report from Special Counsel Robert Mueller?
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Stanley M. Brand, Pennsylvania State University
Will the public ever see a report from Robert Mueller's investigation of possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia? Maybe not. There are big legal hurdles to making it public.
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If Cuban exiles can sue businesses operating in Cuba, it could affect flights to the country, like this JetBlue landing in Havana.
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William M. LeoGrande, American University School of Public Affairs
Cuban exiles in the US may soon be able to sue companies that use property seized from them in the Cuban revolution. If Trump moves to allow that, it could slow economic development in Cuba.
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President Donald Trump, former President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton, during the funeral for former President George H.W. Bush.
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Michael Blake, University of Washington
Presidents Day celebrates the American president – not only as a political leader, but as a moral leader. But can a president be a person of strong moral character, as well as a strong leader?
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A television set turned on in the West Wing of the White House.
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Stacy A. Cordery, Iowa State University
Calvin Coolidge, during one stretch of his presidency, was getting 15 hours of shut-eye each day, while William Howard Taft was known for nodding off during public events.
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Bradford Vivian, Pennsylvania State University
Lincoln's description of the Union as a house divided is well-remembered today. But many Americans fail to heed its lessons about equality and the moral foundations of popular government.
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Steven Watts, University of Missouri-Columbia
Reagan, Clinton, Obama and Trump would all pull from the Kennedy playbook, from mastering the media to exuding masculine vitality.
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Charles B. Strozier, City University of New York
Would Abraham Lincoln ever have become president if he didn't stumble into a dry goods store in Springfield, Illinois, and strike up a friendship with its owner, Joshua Speed?
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Brian Walsh, Elon University
Dying in America 200 years ago was a simply family affair, devoid of pomp. The US Civil War and Abraham Lincoln's embrace of embalming changed everything.
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