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...President had his own day in court. Special Counsel James St. Clair squared off against Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski before the Supreme Court in three hours of historic arguments about presidential privilege. At issue was whether the President must turn over 64 more White House tapes to Judge John Sirica for use as evidence in the trial of seven other Nixon aides (see cover story next page). It was not known just how damaging to the President's cause the withheld tapes might be. But Nixon, tempted to turn them over to avoid a confrontation with the courts, made...
...conversations he has already released?and little more is needed to convince all but his diehard supporters in Congress that he was part of the cover-up conspiracy. Although no one could be sure, the additional material might even provide evidence to satisfy Presidential Defense Attorney James St. Clair's narrow definition of an impeachable act: A serious, indictable crime. Few constitutional scholars agree with St. Clair's restrictive view; most consider such a broad offense...
...Representatives with growing partisan bitterness. Two weeks ago, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, New Jersey Democrat Peter Rodino, announced that the committee would attempt to speed its impeachment hearings by calling only two of the six witnesses requested by the President's defense lawyer, James St. Clair. Last week Rodino reversed himself and said that all six would be called. He made this conciliatory gesture in return for a concession from House Republicans: their support in suspending a House rule that gives each of the committee's members the right to question witnesses...
...legal camps have been working under intense pressure to meet deadlines for two rounds of written briefs, then to prepare for the oral arguments. The President's lawyers have been operating under serious handicaps. His chief Watergate counsel, James St. Clair, overburdened on multiple fronts, was tied down to regular attendance at the Judiciary Committee's impeachment hearings. As the Supreme Court asked for briefs, Nixon's chief constitutional consultant, Charles Alan Wright, was off on a Baltic vacation cruise. Another top Nixon lawyer, J. Fred Buzhardt, was disabled by a heart attack...
...People of the United States v. Richard Nixon, a mildly entertaining courtroom drama, is having a brief preview run at the Supreme Court this week before moving across the street to bigger and better things in the House of Representative. James St. Clair stars as the slippery lawyer who tries to clear the path for executive dictatorship. Leon Jaworski is, for the first time in his life, cast in the role of the hero. I know how this one ends, but I won't tell you because I don't want to spoil the suspense...