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...whom to prosecute and with what evidence, St. Clair argued. Hence the Special Prosecutor is a subordinate member of the Executive Branch. The courts simply have no authority to intervene in such an "intra-branch" dispute between these two officials. Referring to Jaworski as "my brother"?a courtroom courtesy???St. Clair belittled the Special Prosecutor's claim that he had been granted independent authority having the force of law by both the President and the Attorney General in the prosecution of Watergate crimes. "A Special Prosecutor with the power that my brother suggests he has is a constitutional anomaly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The United States v. Richard M. Nixon, President, et al. | 7/22/1974 | See Source »

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