united states v. nixon

The Cover-up

1. Regardless of the outcome, should the President of the United States have a right to privacy in regards to the Oval Office tapes? Explain.
No because those are historical documents in which leaders discuss what to do to the country and how to act and they should be of use to other people so they can review what is said. Also it is the presidents country as much as our own and he does not have the right of privacy to hold the tapes of what to doo to the country.

2. Was President Nixon justified when he fired special prosecutor Archibald Cox? Explain.
No he had no justified reason and just fired him becuase they didn't agree. And Cox would have gotten in his way, he shouldn't have been able to fire Cox.

3. Was Nixon creating a Constitutional crisis by refusing to hand-over the tapes? Explain.
Yes, becuase the country needed to know if he was a liar and if he should be impeached but he was trying to hide it from our country making our country unsafe and unable to trust him.

Closure

4. Why do you think the American public was so outraged by Watergate?
The American public was so outraged by Watergate because it was the first time that a president had a scandal and was untrustworthy.

5. Do you think President Nixon should have resigned? Explain.
Yes I think he should have resigned but right when he noticed that it was all going to unfold when they made the connection of the robbery to him, instead of waiting for it to become worse and worse.

6. Do you think President Nixon should have been prosecuted? Explain.
Yes I also think that he should be prosecuted becuase he was the ultimate leader of the country and he flat out lied to the country about the information on the tapes and something like that shouls be prosecuted for sure.

watergate: nixon's downfall

1. How ere the "plumbers" connected to President Nixon?
the burglars in the CRP scandal.
2. Who was the judge? Why did he hand out maximum sentences?
John Sirica and he did it becuase he wanted lots of evidence.
3. How were Mitchell and Dean connected to Nixon?
Dean was on presidential counsel and Mitchell was the former attorney general and CRP's director.
4. How were Haldeman and Erlichman connected to Nixon?
Halderman was the White house Vhief of staff and Erlichman was the chief domestiv advisor.
5. What did the following men tell the Senate about Nixon?
a. Dean-taht Nixon was deeply involved in the cover-up
b. Butterfield- that Nixon had taped all of their meetings
6. Who was fired or forced to resign in the "massacre"?
Richardson resigned, deputy attorney general was fired, and Cox was fired.
7. Why weren't investigators satisified with the transcripts?
They wanted unedited tapes.
8. What did the tapes reveal?
The tapes had many gaps between Nixon and people that would have been important.
9. Why did Vice President Spiro Agnew resign?
Becuase his president resigned.
10. What did the House Judiciary Committee charge President Nixon with?
obstructyion of justice, abuse of power and contempt of Congress for refusing to give overt the tapes.
11. How did the Watergate scandal create a constitutional crisis?
this was the first time someone was impeached as a president so they had to judge terms wisely.