United States v. Nixon

In 1974 Nixon was found to have illegally taped conversations in the White House, and when he was asked to turn them over he refused the official's request. When the government went to court about this matter, Nixon was unanimously forced to turn over the tape. This specific case was known as United States v. Nixon.

I agree with the court's decision, because the information on some of those tapes could have been threatening to the whole nation. Also, when the tapes were recovered from Nixon there were fourteen minutes missing from them which makes Nixon look even more suspicious. There could have been so many illegal things going on with that erased fourteen minutes, but now no one will b e able to know. Luckily, the government was able to get these tapes out of Nixon's possession.

Nixon should not have been able to get away with as much as he did. He had hired people to steal documents and information, and then illegally recorded conversations that could have been life threatening. Even though the government was going to impeach him, he just resigned with a slap on the wrist and went on with his life. Nixon's impeachment was one for the history books, as well as him resigning. Even though he was a brilliant president he was just as big of a criminal.