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Originally Posted by tw
Back during Watergate, this 'Imperial Presidency' is why
Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren demanded a unanimous vote against Nixon.
He worried that even an 8-1 vote would encourage the military to move against the court on orders from Nixon.
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The Warren Court refers to the SCOTUS between 1953 & 1969, when Warren served as Chief Justice which
expanded civil rights, civil liberties, judicial power, and the federal power dramatically.
Warren retired in '69 long before Watergate. In fact he passed away a month before Nixon "resigned."
Warren had nothing to do with "demanding anything relative to Nixon and Watergate.
The only unanimous decisions he demanded were regarding segregation.
His comments on watergate ...
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If Nixon is not forced to turn over tapes of his conversations with the ring of men
who were conversing on their violations of the law, then liberty will soon be dead in this nation.
If Nixon gets away with that, then Nixon makes the law as he goes along — not the Congress nor the courts.
The old Court you and I served so long will not be worthy of its traditions if Nixon can twist,
turn and fashion the law as he sees fit.
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