Nixon vs. The United States of America. Explains all aspects of the case and the reasons why the Supreme court decided as they did

        In this case, the court is asked to decide if the president had knowledge interlocking in the Watergate robberies and if he had the right to invoke Executive Privilege.

Facts

        During the campaign of President Nixons bet on term, a group of burglars working for the military commission to re-elect the President skint into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office-apartment multifactorial in Washington DC, apparently in search of political intelligence. Attempts by the unclouded House to stop or annoy the ensuing investigations ultimately failed when Nixons own White House show recordings revealed that the president and his assistants had engaged in an obstruction of justice.

        Following the control of the two co-plotters--G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt-- District Court Judge John J. Sirica was convinced(p) that pertinent details had not been unveiled during the trial and proffered pardon in exchange for further information. It became increasingly evident that the Watergate burglars were secure closely to the CIA and the Committee to Re-elect the President, some of Nixons aides began talking to federal prosecutors. Due to the defection of these aides, the Senate established, in February of 1973, an investigative committee held by Senator Sam Ervin, Jr., to look into the growing scandal.



Amid the disclosures of White House involvement in the Watergate break-in and its aftermath, Nixon announced the resignation of two of his adpressed advisors and the dismissal of his counsel John W. Dean III. Dean told the Ervin committee in June that Nixon had known of the cover-up. A month later, former White House staff member Alexander Butterfield revealed that Nixon had secretly tape record conversations in his offices. The special prosecutor Cox, and the Ervin committee assay to pay off such tapes but the president cited Executive Privilege, and refused to relinquish them and attempted to...

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