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United States v. Nixon , 418 U.S. 683 (1974), was a landmark decision [ 1 ] of the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court unanimously ordered President Richard Nixon to deliver tape recordings and other subpoenaed materials related to the Watergate scandal to a federal district court .
On August 5, 1974, several of President Richard Nixon's recorded-on-audiotape Oval Office conversations were released. One of them, which was described as the "smoking gun" tape, was recorded soon after the Watergate break-in, and demonstrated that Richard Nixon had been told of the White House connection to the Watergate burglaries soon after they took place, and approved a plan to thwart the ...
On July 24, 1974, in United States v. Nixon , the Court ruled unanimously (8–0) that claims of executive privilege over the tapes were void. (Then-Associate Justice William Rehnquist —who had recently been appointed to the Court by Nixon and most recently served in the Nixon Justice Department as Assistant Attorney General of the Office of ...
Today marks the 40th anniversary of President Richard Nixon's resignation. The 1974 announcement came amidst the Watergate scandal and pressure for impeachment. The event marked the first time an ...
May 9, 1974: Impeachment hearings begin before the House Judiciary Committee. June 15, 1974: Woodward and Bernstein's book All the President's Men is published by Simon & Schuster (ISBN 0-671-21781-X). July 8, 1974: The United States Supreme Court hears oral argument in United States v. Nixon. July 24, 1974: United States v.
Meanwhile, Mr Smith is using the 1974 Supreme Court case United States v Nixon to argue that he should not be. ... United States v Nixon. The special counsel’s office is citing the second ...
Judge John Sirica excused Nixon's presence despite the defendants' objections. [19] Congress instructed Ford to retain Nixon's presidential papers, which began a three-decade legal battle over the documents that was eventually won by the former president and his estate. [20] Nixon was in the hospital when the 1974 midterm elections were held.
Nixon v. General Services Administration (1977) The Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act (PRMPA) of 1974 ( Pub. L. 93–526 , 88 Stat. 1695 , enacted December 19, 1974 , codified at 44 U.S.C. § 2111 , note ) is an act of Congress enacted in the wake of the August 1974 resignation of President Richard M. Nixon .