Stephen Schwartz
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Today in 1974—as House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon were underway—the Washington Post published this Herblock editorial cartoon.

Now, thanks to the Supreme Court and craven Republicans, Trump—a literal crook—is Nixon on steroids, subverting laws daily.
A July 21, 1974, Washington Post editorial cartoon by Herbert Block (Herblock). To the right, three determined-looking men in suits aim rifles at Lady Justice, who is blindfolded, tied to a stake, and holding the scales of justice in her right hand. Around her, laying on the ground, we can see the legs and feet of three symbolic people who have already been shot and killed. In the center near the top, President Richard Nixon, a smirk on his face, holds a sword in his left hand, ready to slash downward to signal the firing squad to fire. In the foreground at the bottom, one man says to another, "How can they say he hasn't faithfully executed the laws?"
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July 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM