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Essay Archive - United States v. Nixon, President of the United States
United States v. Nixon, President of the United States
Throughout American history, the fear that our leaders may sometimes
think themselves above the law has always been evident. The fear is that power
brings corruptness. To prevent this, however, the system of checks and balances
has been installed into the Constitution. No one branch of government stands
above the law in this setup. This point was reasserted in the the Supreme Court
case of 1974, United States v. Nixon. This case involved the President of the
United States, at that ti....
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