The
United States V. Nixon was a court case that started in the District
court which ruled against nixon so he appealed to the Supreme Court.
Nixon was accused of recording conversations while in Oval office. Also
five men associated with Nixon from The committee of re-elect the
president were found trying to break into the Democratic National
Headquarters and also other illegal activities relating to the Nixon
administration. Nixon argued that he was immune to any subpoenas, he
believed he had the right to withhold information from the other
branches of government. The Supreme Court decided in an 8 to 0 ruling
that Nixon must hand over all the tapes to government investigators.
Nixon the resigned from the presidency on August 9, 1974. When Gerald
Ford took office he gave Nixon a pardon so that all illegal action he
committed during his presidency would be excused. We believe that the
ruling from the supreme was fair.
The
United States versus Nixon impacted America in a few different ways.
The United States versus Nixon case impacted the presidents
confidentiality from the courts if the evidence involves matters of
national security or other sensitive information, but the president
cannot withhold evidence involving non-sensitive information when needed
for a criminal investigation. When the case ruled it established a
constitutional basis for executive privilege. It also showed that the
president is not excused from the judicial process and must give the
evidence if the court asks for it.
The
United States v Nixon has not impacted our lives in anyway. It has to
do with a law for the president and we have nothing to do with that. It
does not affect us in anyway at the moment.
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