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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 v. United States , 506 U.S. 224 (1993), was a United States Supreme Court decision that determined that a question of whether the Senate had properly tried an impeachment was political in nature and could not be resolved in the courts if there was no applicable judicial standard.
The special counsel’s office is citing the second, better-known Nixon case in its arguments to the court. United States v Nixon is considered a landmark decision and one that ultimately led to ...
The Supreme Court in Train v. City of New York (1975) [2] ruled that the impoundment power cannot be used to frustrate the will of Congress under such circumstances. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 was passed as Congress felt that President Nixon was abusing his authority to impound the funding of programs he opposed.
The Ford pardon of Nixon also played a role in the recent Supreme Court decision granting presidents immunity from prosecution for actions that are deemed "official." Said McQuade: "Now we find ...
The 2004 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 4, 2004, and concluded October 3, 2005. The table illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case and which justices joined each opinion.
In two other landmark precedents dealing with comparable executive powers, United States v. Nixon and Trump v. Thompson , all proceedings were completed in a little over three months in both cases.
Furthermore, the Court stated that the review of documents by government archivists would be no more of an intrusion than an in camera inspection of documents permitted under the Court's majority decision in United States v. Nixon. [6] The Court rejected the argument that the Act invaded Richard Nixon's right of privacy, as there would be ...