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United States v. Nixon , 418 U.S. 683 (1974), was a landmark decision [ 1 ] of the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court unanimously ordered President Richard Nixon to deliver tape recordings and other subpoenaed materials related to the Watergate scandal to a federal district court .
Nixon and his vice president Spiro Agnew both resigned from office within two years of the election: Agnew in October 1973 due to a bribery scandal, and Nixon in August 1974 in the face of likely impeachment and conviction as a result of the Watergate scandal.
Elections were held on November 7, 1972, and elected the members of the 93rd United States Congress.The election took place during the later stages of the Vietnam War.The Republican Party won a landslide victory in the presidential election, and picked up seats in the House, but the Democratic Party easily retained control of Congress.
In United States vs. Nixon, in 1974, the court unanimously held that President Nixon could not invoke executive privilege to thwart a criminal investigation. In Clinton vs. Jones, in 1997, the ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 March 2025. For related races, see 1960 United States elections. 1960 United States presidential election ← 1956 November 8, 1960 1964 → 537 members of the Electoral College 269 electoral votes needed to win Opinion polls Turnout 63.8% 3.6 pp Nominee John F. Kennedy Richard Nixon Party Democratic ...
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 1968. The Republican nominee, former vice president Richard Nixon, defeated both the Democratic nominee, incumbent vice president Hubert Humphrey, and the American Independent Party nominee, former Alabama governor George Wallace.
That outcome would raise a number of substantial questions, including what counts as an “official” action. Trump based most of his argument on a 1982 decision called Nixon v.
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