U.S.+v.+Nixon

Jesse Yaker Brian Jellinek **(does Brian spell his name like this?)** Cark Lindsay **(How about Clark?)**
 * __Nixon v. USA __**

1. United States v. Richard Milhous Nixon, President of the United States.

2. This case was heard on July 8, 1974.

3. The Chief Justice of this case was Chief Justice Warren E. Burger. Burger was the 15th __chief justice__ of the USA. He was also the 20th chancellor of The College of William and Mary. He was in office from June 23, 1969 – September 26, 1986. **As CJ or just a justice? Anything else??**

4. This refers to the amendment of prohibiting irrational searches and seizures, because it is violating peoples privacy by going through the files inside Watergate. **Which Amendment is that? Actually, this should also include presidential powers listed in the Constitution.**

5. United States v. Nixon (1974), was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision. It was a unanimous 8-0 ruling involving President Richard Nixon and was important to the late stages of the Watergate Scandal. It is considered a crucial precedent limiting the power of any U.S. president. The Watergate Scandal was a political scandal during the 1970s in the United States resulting from the June 1972 discovery of a break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C, and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement. This __lead__ to the resignation of Nixon due to fright of impeachment.

6. The main issue of this case was the scandal at Watergate. It was a time where President Nixon, nearing the election of 1972, tapped into some secret files at the Watergate Office Complex in Washington D.C. It was holding files of the Democratic National Committee, which he was tampering with to help him get "the inside scoop "while running for re-election. **But what was Nixon trying to do with this case?**

7. The court all favored in the side of US in a unanimous 8-0 verdict. **What was their rationale? Where's the ninth judge?**

8. Everyone in the jury voted for the side of the US because, well frankly, it would be insane to vote the other way! This man broke into top secret files to cheat in the election and get re-elected and it would not be justified to side with him, more or less just insane! **Nixon didn't break into anything, nor did he order anyone to do so. His guys, the Plumbers did this on their own initiative. Plus, you still haven't gotten to the core of the case.**

9. The members of the court are Justices William O. Douglas, William J. Brennan, Potter Stewart, Byron White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry Blackmun, and Lewis F. Powell. Douglas was on for 36 years (1939-1975), Brennan was 34 years (1956-1990), Stewart was 23 years (1958-1981), White was 31 years (1962-1993), Marshall was 24 years (1967-1991), Blackmun was 24 years (1970-1994), Powell was 15 years (1972-1987).

10. I, Jesse Yaker, personally think that Richard Nixon is, contrary to his belief, a crook and also a crazy man. You can't break into a Democratic headquarters, steal democratic information pertaining to the upcoming election, participated in illegal conversations, and use the information to cheat in the election. Looking back at that sentence, you can find 4, count them, 4 felonies/misdemeanors. That is just insanity. **What about everyone else in your group? What do they think?**

11. If this case had gone the other way, then not only would one of the most intense and well-known court cases in America have not occurred, but Richard Nixon would have stayed president and who knows what he would have done! Also, Gerald Ford would never have been president and our foreign policy would not be what it was today. **Say what? What did Ford do w/ our foreign policy? If Nixon had won the case, the nation might not have heard the secret recordings that he was trying to withhold from the Special Prosecutor. Would he have been impeached? Maybe.**

Here is a video from the popular movie "Forrest Gump" about the invasion of Watergate: **Invasion?**

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Smith, Arnold. "United States v. Nixon (1974)." //Infoplease: Encyclopedia, Almanac, Atlas, Biographies, Dictionary, Thesaurus. Free Online Reference, Research & Homework Help. — Infoplease.com//. 8 Apr. 2005. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. [].
 * Bilbliography**

Lawson, Taylor. "U.S. v. Nixon." //4LawSchool.com: For Law, Pre-law Students and Legal Professionals.// 7 Jan. 2000. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. [].

Korb, Eli. "Nixon, United States v." //Michael Ariens//. 19 Dec. 1999. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. .


 * 5.5/7 Biblio - 3 sources? Alphabetical?**
 * 20/28 Content - As I said to you guys before, this isn't just about the break-in. Nixon withheld tapes that recorded his agreement to a cover up and obstruction of justice. That's what he was trying to hold onto. You've completely missed the mark and not captured what this case is about.**
 * 4.5/5 Organization -- spelling errors?**


 * 30/40 Total**