Is the President Above the Law? | United States v. Nixon
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In episode 64 of Supreme Court Briefs, the President of the United States, Richard Nixon, doesn't want to release some secret recordings that might implicate him in the Watergate scandal.
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Washington, D.C.
June 17, 1972
Five men break into the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate Office Building. They tried to set up a wiretap and photograph confidential Democratic Party documents. However, the police caught them in the act and arrested them. Little did most know, these men were connected with the Committee for the Re-Election of the President, or CRP, or CREEP (hee hee), the organization directly tied to President Richard Nixon in order to help him get re-elected.
Flash forward to May 1973, and thanks to multiple ongoing investigations, now more and more Americans are thinking the Nixon administration was directly linked to the Watergate break-in.
The U.S. Senate Watergate Committee began public hearings, and the Nixon administration appointed Archibald Cox to lead a separate, independent investigation. Flash forward again to July 1973, and Americans found out that there is a new system in the White House that automatically records everything in the Oval Office and Cabinet Room. In other words, if Nixon was in on the Watergate break-in or even if he just knew about it and was trying to cover it up, there could be evidence of it in the recordings. Cox, as well as the Senate, immediately subpoenaed the White House recordings, or required that they be submitted to court as evidence. However, Nixon refused to release them, citing his “executive privilege” as the president. He even ordered Cox to drop his subpoena, and after Cox refused, Nixon had him fired. Not a good look there, Nixon.
But the investigations only picked up. In what eventually became known as The Watergate Scandal, a total of 69 people were indicted and 48 people convicted for either participating in, aiding in, or covering up information about the Watergate break-in. MANY of these folks were top Nixon administration officials. By early 1974, it seemed pretty clear that President Nixon had at least known about the Watergate break-in and tried to cover it up. However, there was little solid evidence, and Nixon had still refused to give up the recordings.
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You totally left out the fact that famous long distance runner and Shrimp restaurant entrepreneur Forrest Gump was the one who called the cops on the guys who broke into the Watergate hotel
Don't worry, I'll bring it up in my upcoming Watergate video ;)
Yeah, and not in fact an African American securty guard.
@@shrimpfleawhy do you have to specify his race?
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@@ash_11117 probably one of the "woke" people who think everything is racially motivated. i'm black and i dont have any issue with forrest finding the CRP people instead of a cop who happens to of negro race
Rehnquist recused himself? if only we had that same level of integrity in the SCOTUS today
It takes a lot to ask all 6 of the Republican justices to recuse themselves knowing they’re on the court to implicate their biases in rulings.
This is really interesting. Since Nixon avoided impeachment and Ford pardoned him, it never occured to me that there might been other cases on Nixon involving the Watergate Scandal. But it makes sense that the Supreme Court would step in to get those tapes.
I was not around when it happened, but I think Ford pardoning Nixon was the right call, so the nation could heal. I still however think Nixon was responsible for Watergate and the man feared the election would have been stolen from him like he believed during Kennedy. If that happened, I do not know for certain, but Nixion believed that.
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Pardoning also implies an acceptance of guilt, so it could also be spun as still saying what Nixon did was wrong
And don't forget the Pentagon Papers case. The Court perhaps was biased against Nixon, tbh
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Because of when Nixon tried discrediting the whistleblower, that might have biased the Supreme Court a bit?
I mean, sure, but in either case Nixon was in the wrong, so the Court’s collective distaste for Tricky Dick was well-earned
@@iammrbeat I don't blame the court for being bias on Nixon if they were. According to Professor Dave (youtube channel), Nixon been up to shady stuff since he ran for president after Lyndon B. Johnson that would of been unconstitutional/illegal if proven. Possibly even before that. I wouldn't be surprise there were people trying to find evidence that would stick even by the constitution for a while, and when watergate scandal happen and it was discovered there was tapes, they saw it as their chance and jumped for it.
Came to this video in light of recent Supreme Court rulings stating that the President enjoys absolute immunity in his acts
This case regarding executive privilege is especially pertinent in 2024. At least Justice Rehnquist had the decency to recuse himself. Thanks, Mr. Beat.
nixon’s whole story as a president is always so interesting to me, this was a really good video (as usual lol)
Thank you! I plan to eventually make a video about Nixon's life, and look for a Watergate video soon!
Nixon is very in middle for me. There some things I like about him, yet there are other things that he did. Which I disliked about him.
@@iammrbeat looking forward to it!!
@@uncrazy2614 what's there to like? He's a liar and a crook and a coward.
who here after the Supreme Court watered down this decision
The President is a public official that we elected. I think everything he does should be held under public scrutiny for the duration that he is in office. This will put a lot of pressure on him, but that's what being a world leader entails.
I agree
Him or her*
While all US presidents have been men, that isn’t a requirement for the office.
@@dstinnettmusic i bet an entire video that there will not be a "she" president
@@dstinnettmusic who cares white knight. You know what Channel Name meant
Agree. There should always be transparency
Well...
In the UK we have a similar problem with leaders being above the law.... I can't believe its a debate if they should not be above the law! They lead a country, they have more responsibility to that country.
If leaders can break the law without inconvenience then we might as well have autocratic monarchs
I don’t think anyone thinks they should be above the law but some things relating to security are important to keep private
I think the old saying that power corrupts should be applied to any position of power. The sad thing is, they delude and fool us into giving them power.
@@MuhammadFarukh Then they pretend that they’re ‘just like us’ to get our sympathy 🤦♂️
Your monarch is above the law technically
@@nathandennis8078 hence a lot of people think we shouldn't have one
It is truly captivating how everyday citizens of the USA felt about the scandal of Watergate, and it was truly sad for Nixon to mess up like that to win the election even if most people were gonna already vote for him (as they did in our timeline).
True
Our timeline???
@@iammrbeat it the Channelaut affair went to the public it would finished him and charged for treason. So Watergate was just the tip of the iceberg
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*Pick the odd lie out*
"I'm not a crook"
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"Read my lips, no new taxes" - Turning that statement into a lie was the best thing to do to help the economy in the early '90s, whereas the other lies were just deceitful.
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Sounds alot like former president Donald J Trump trying to use Executive Privilege for his own personal benefit.
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These trump indictment cases are gonna be interesting to see what precedent occurs
this one, no one is above the law & none of these current members of the court have the experience, as its taking them 6x as long to decide on a former one and not one who was in office at the time,,,,,
This is very nice timing. I’ve got a debate project over this case, so it was helpful for me to understand it
Well good luck on your debate!
will you cover trump v united states?
I did on Twitch this morning
Love SCB Mr Beat, was waiting for this one! You're also the reason I got into American history and politics
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I grew up during this time. As a 10 year old, the only thing I associates with Watergate was that the hearings canceled afternoon cartoons (no Cartoon Network). Thank you for the charity almost 50 years later!
Well stay tuned for a Watergate video coming in a month or two!
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I was hoping you would do this one now! Great job.
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Interesting! had to learn about this in my Government class!
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Great vid. Too bad this wasn’t already out when I was working on my Watergate project in 7th grade. Love seeing your briefs!
Benn waiting for this for a long time, amazing video as always
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Thank you, and more to come this year!
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Presidents make the law and they must follow the law. If the government won't follow the laws they make, that's authoritarian.
Well put!
Congress makes the law. Unfortunately, in modern times Congress has become more lock step sycophantic with their party's president, current or former.
@@Jakamakala yep pretty much there is no head guy its why we have 3 branches of government just without the checks and balances of past.
Watergate tarnished Nixon’s reputation, but sometimes I wonder how he would be remembered in the present had those men never gotten caught & Nixon got to serve out his second term.
Nixon wasn't as bad as most people think he was
Thankfully, Forrest Gump dropped a dime on them.
If he never got caught, he would have had more than 2 terms
@@mrsatire9475 You mean like in the bad timeline in "Back to the Future 2"? He was even seeking to run for a 5th term!
@@Compucles In the Watchmen timeline Nixon won 5 presidential elections. But Robert Redford defeated him in 1988.
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President video + Supreme Court Briefs :) and thank you!
The more and more I see this series of videos, the MORE I realize how powerful the Supreme Court is.
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Thanks buddy
This aged horribly
Woah. Never expected to see a former U.S. Prez on this series. Good job, Mr. Beat
Thanks, and maybe it will give it more clicks 😄
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I know you don't get as many views for this series than your other videos. But this is certainly my favourite series.
Well thank you for watching!
Yes! Briefs are back in the town!
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You should make a video on Nix v. Hedden, the supreme court case that determined tomatoes are legally classified as vegetables
I already made a video about Nix v. Hedden!
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Excellent video. Thanks for sharing.
Thank YOU
I've been waiting for this.
I'm sorry to keep you waiting!
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Thank you for doing another episode! I was worried SCB was cancelled :)
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The Glorious return of the series
This video aged great
Hi Mr. Beat, watching from the U.K., please could you make a video explaining the President’s power to pardon, the process involved and the history behind it
The Judicial Branch can't interfere in a matter of the Executive Branch? That argument goes against the entire Constitutional system of "checks and balances."
I kind of hope there is another scandal involving the Watergate Hotel so we can call it Watergate-gate
YAS
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Thanks as usual for this video Mr. Beat, I've never really mastered down the entire Nixon resignation, and this helped a lot.
But wait a second, I thought Nixon wasn't a crook? He said it himself on live TV!
Just kidding, of course!
haha hey just a heads up, I have a full blown Watergate video planned for next month!
@@iammrbeat Yes! Can't wait for it!
Mr. Beat, you’re so close to reaching 100 million views on this channel!
Wowness! I always appreciate your support, by the way!
@@iammrbeat And I always appreciate your videos!
One of the biggest questions that I have is how we would view the Nixon presidency if Nixon was not so paranoid and criminal. I actually like many of his policies and miss his style of conservatism, but he destroyed his legacy and the trust of the American people in the presidency for years.
Agreed, the older I get the more I think Nixon wasn't so bad after all
@@iammrbeat You ranked Nixon as the 5th worst president in American history back in 2018 and in the F tier in your presidential tier list in 2020.
Yeah, wasn't Nixon considered a very good President before Watergate? There are good reasons he was reelected in a landslide, after all. I've even heard people argue that he belongs on both lists of Best and Worst U.S. Presidents.
I think he was slightly above average but not a good person and a criminal as a republican I couldn’t stand him
Remember how he beat Humphrey in the 68' election, it was helped by a dirty job with his campaign manager Kissinger etc in ilegal talks to avoid peace in Vietnam
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Great story with relevant aspects today!!
"Yeah, sir, you might want to send a maintenance man over to that office across the way. The lights are off, and they must be looking for a fuse box, 'cause them flashlights, they're keepin me awake."
Hey Mr. Beat. I dont think this video shows up in your video feed, however it does show up in the supreme court briefs playlist
I did that on purpose for the folks who follow the playlist :)
Which Supreme Court case should I cover for this series next?
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Richard "I'm not a crook" Nixon
@@moses4769 good one!
this might be very contoversial but i would like to see a video on trump, or a video comparing denmark to some other scandinavian country.
Mahanoy Area School District v B.L, in honor of Justice Breyer
Riley v. California
Good video Mr. Beat
Thank you Keith!
Actually justices Burger and Blackmun while agreeing with the majority on limiting executive privelege, believed that the special prosecutor lacked standing to sue Nixon. Their fear from the possibility of Nixon's defying a non-unanimous decision played a part in their vote. Steven J. Abrams further explains this 'game' in his book Game Theory And the Humanities.
As a conservative, I cringe when my peers suggest Nixon wasn’t corrupt
I hate to be so cynical, but most politicians have been corrupt to a certain extent.
I like nixon from everything I hear about him but the Gerald ford pardoning him just isnt right
We're literally learning about this in my Advanced History class. This is awesome.
All this and I'd still pick Nixon over a certain pair of old guys currently running for office.
You are talking about Trump and Biden right? 😂
So I'm guessing that this will come up in the Trump presidential immunity case.
Do one on January 6th and former Donald J Trumps attempt to overthrow a fair and equal election.
Do a video on the party switch next! Would love to hear your take on it.
Thank you.
I can never not look at Nixon without thinking of Futurama's version of him 😂 great video!
haha and I had to sneak that in there. Futurama is such a great show
Nobody is above the law
Omg, I watched All The Presidents Men for the first time a few weeks ago and was thinking you should do an episode of Supreme Court Briefs about Nixon!
How did you learn to read minds?
2:49-2:51 * walls actually close in * CLEVER, animation actually made me laugh aloud
I know that Warren Burger was the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court during the US Supreme Court Case
United States v. Nixon
I remember a political cartoon from the 70’s titled something like “Nixon and the Incredible Vanishing Tapes” which showed Nixon holding a tape reel in each hand with short fragments of tape suspended between them. Sadly I can’t find a copy of this one online; I don’t recall if it was in a local newspaper or Mad Magazine.
Future video idea: US Supreme Court and European Court of Justice compared (how they operate, how much and which powers they have, how judges get appointed, for how long, etc.).
Well done, Mr. Beat..."I am not a crook", how about those "Tapes with missing sections"? The ONLY U.S. President to resign, Quit...He knew he was going to get the AX...Great job/Great content.
Just recently watched "All the President's Men"; great movie. I had no idea how large Watergate really was.
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Forrest Gump is a fictional movie character lol.
Archibald Cox is such an unfortunate name.
Very convenient timing with the release of this video Mr Beat.
I didn't plan it out that way tbh
One of the Spiciest/Interesting Supreme Court Brief to date!
ha! well it was a big one
Nixon: ''Just to let you guys know that I am NOT a crook!''
Supreme Court: ''You sure about that, Nixon?''
Nixon: *Sweats profusely*
United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind and Ozawa v. United States?
Also great video as always Mr Beat.
Thank you, and I hadn't heard of both those cases!
2:03 - nice
I’m afraid this supreme court will treat this case like Roe
You should consider In re: Gault. It was one of only a few Supreme Court decisions that addressed the civil rights of children. It is very interesting.
More briefs please!
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At least it wasn't criminal law...
You should do the Supreme Court case us Nixon next