Two weeks in the summer of 1974, eight Supreme Court judges USA v. Nixon I reviewed the details of the incident and was considering a lawyer. Discussion
Executive privilege was given as a defense argument that the requested tape should not be turned over. However Real The problem is: Is the President on top of the law?
The judge answered the question 40 years ago.
While the Supreme Court considered the problem, all kinds of incidents occurred in the Watergate case.
The day after the justice judge heard the case, the House Judiciary Committee released the 8 times conversation records announced early by the White House in their own version. Comparing the manuscript of the White House with the copy of the Judiciary Committee, it was clear that some long watergate related passes were omitted in the White House version.
A week later, Nixon did not agree to the last four summons of the House Judiciary Committee. In an interview of the day, he got a water gate "The widest in the history of America, but the thinnest scandal."
On the day before that, the White House submitted a note of some John Ahl Rihmann to the Judiciary Committee. Part of it was blacked out. A few days later, Nixon's lawyer, James St. James Clear, was mistakenly deleted, but assured the committee that the damage of the publicity was revealed.
The Judiciary Committee also released five pieces of evidence that challenged the White House's claim that national security was the reason for eavesdropping. Without specifying these things, Vice President Gerald Ford listened to the two parts of the tape, "Very understandable" There is a possibility that different interpretations have been made for the words spoken about them.
The amount of evidence is open to the public and the priority of the Judiciary Committee and minority counsel complained of one or more complaints of five impeachment cases in the Senate trial: (1) Judicial obstruction, ( 2) 3) failure of parliament, (4) failure to observe promises "Please be careful that the law will be executed faithfully" (5) Charge of Cheong Wa Dae due to underpayment of income tax and the use of federal money for personal purposes.
In California, the presidential spokesman, John Doar, the leading counsel, "Kangaroo trial."
After stating that the impeachment case was persuasive, a minority adviser, Albert Jenner, was replaced in a few days.
A few days before the Supreme Court declared a ruling, St. Clair did not mention whether Nixon complained if the Supreme Court ordered the tape to flip over.
Next day, Republican Republican Rep. Lawrence Hogan announced that he would vote for impeachment. Hogan has already decided not to reelect the House, instead seeking the governance of his nation.
On July 24, 1974, Watergate Special Prosecutor Leon Jawalski, Baltimore Sun He "To shudder" The White House expressed a refusal on whether to obey the Supreme Court's order to hand over the tape.
And such an order there were It was told in the second half of the day.
The judge ruled on 8-0's vote that Nixon had to withdraw 64 records of watergate-related conversations. They acknowledged that there was a constitutional basis for executive privileges, but such an assertion "Because it is based solely on the general interests of confidentiality obligations, we can not win the fundamental demands of legitimate legal treatment in fair administration of justice"
"In a cautious but clear language" Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, "The court ordered the president to turn the tape over.
St. Clair wrote by Bod Woodward and Carl Bernstein was convinced that he would win the case. "He was crushed by being lost. When he read the decision, the tape [presiding Judge John] silica.
"The president is not lawful and he does not claim to be himself, but Saint Clea told the court that the president made the president understand what it meant. He himself to the president I knew that the legal advice of the company must be inappropriate compliance.
"When St. Claire arrived at the place of residence, he advised the president on full compliance with the Constitution to refuse the judicial court order."
Historian Theodore White is among the defenders of Nixon, "They are like German officers launched in 1918, Kaiser knew long ago before surrender"
The President agreed to a kind of compliance. He claimed to St. Clair that it takes time to review the tape a few weeks, perhaps before delivering it for more than a few months. St. Clair was not sure if he could arrange it. Jaworski wanted to get a tape for use in future coverup tests.
Nixon, to lawyer Fred Buzato, "There may be problems with the tape on June 23"
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