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Unmaking a President Part VIII recounts Watergate strain
The piece traces Washington’s legal clash over White House tapes, noting President Nixon’s July 26 refusal to respond to subpoenas and the ensuing four way power struggle among the President Congress courts and the special prosecutor. It highlights Judge Sirica’s Oct 17 ruling and shifts to the Cox suit as Haldeman testifies and Wright weighs in on taped conversations.
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John Marshall
United States v
Burr
Washington
Montesquieu
Bentham
Locke
Brady
Maryland
Marbury
Madison
White House
Congress
Sirica
Separation of Powers
Executive
H.R. Haldeman
Watergate Committee
Charles Alan Wright
Grand Jury
Buzhardt
Cox
Court of Appeals