The Watergate Scandal was one of the greatest acts on investigative journalism. On July 17, 1972 police were called to the office of the Democrat National Committee located in the Watergate building in Washington D.C. due to a sign of burglary. Their police found tape covering locks on doors, and five men were arrested and charged with attempted burglary and attempting to bug phone lines (History.com 2015). The burglars had thousands of dollars in their pockets and police know this was no ordinary
Richard Nixon was born on January 9th, 1913 in a California town called Yorba Linda. He was always very intelligent, and he even graduated with the ranking of number two in his class. Richard was offered a scholarship to Harvard University, but decided to attend a local university instead because of financial problems.Later, Nixon was offered a scholarship to Duke University to study law. Eventually, Richard moved to Washington D.C. where he worked in President Roosevelt’s office of price administration
Richard Nixon was the 37th president of the United States from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. During this time moral majority came into being. This was a political organization who later was no longer existent. During his presidency he provided the country wirth acts, policies and improve relation with foreign countries. However, he was also involved in the known, ‘Watergate Scandal’. The president is considered to have Executive Privilege once they claim the executive branch. During the time
Richard Nixon was an introvert in the extoverted calling od a politician. And if that was not a problem for Nixon, he was an intellectual appeal to an audience that puts low value on eggheads. I do not mean an intellectual in the stereotypical sense of seclusion scholar; I think that Nixon was a highly intelligent man who left a large extent on your own intelligence and that of others, of a considerable ability to read and understand technical papers in a room alone and wrote by hand on a yellow
Most people don’t worry about our government and what’s going on with our Government. Often, people think it’s not a big problem but once the nation starts to realize it they will want to something about, it might be too late. This is because people are fighting to make this world a better place. Unfortunately, other people are just doing it for the money. For example, government corruption not only can affect people it can affect in homes, jobs, citizens, education, awarrens, and many more,
United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974) Facts: This case concerns the Watergate Scandal where the special prosecutor, Leon Jaworski, had subpoenaed recordings of President Richard Nixon and seven of his advisers and aides discussing the break-in at the Watergate building complex. A grand jury had indicted these seven men and Prosecutor Jaworski believed these tapes contained evidence against the men and perhaps President Nixon as well. President Nixon argued that his executive privilege protected