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Fittingly, the prelude to collapse began on July 24, when three "strict constructionist" Supreme Court Justices appointed by Nixon searchingly scoured the Constitution and joined in a unanimous finding that it contained no legal basis for his withholding 64 White House tape recordings from Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski. The President on May 6 and 7 had listened to some of those tapes and abandoned a proposed compromise under which he would turn twelve of them over to Jaworski. He did not tell his chief Watergate lawyer James St. Clair that those tapes would destroy his professions of innocence...
Opponents of the article, however, countered that the committee had failed to contest Nixon's claim in court, as Jaworski had, and had also failed to seek a contempt citation from the full House against him. "We have not elevated this to the level of an impeachable offense by either going to the House floor or going to the courts," contended Democrat Flowers. Insisted Dennis: "The right to impeach ... does not make us the sole arbitrator of the Constitution." The article carried by the narrow and largely partisan margin...
...dominant feeling apparently was that no proof of Nixon's culpability could be offered. Special Prosecutor Jaworski's office is still pursuing its investigation of how Nixon's tax returns were prepared, however, and several opponents of the article said that they would consider an added impeachment charge if new evidence becomes available...
...wittily and cogently, and has sometimes even criticized the White House (especially for bugging his telephone when he was in residence). More often, he has nitpicked the testimony of Richard Nixon's accusers or shot at them with dum dum bullets. Last week he went stalking after Leon Jaworski's "Special Persecution Force" and the "reign of terror" it is supposedly carrying out in Washington...
...milk deal, may have undergone coercion, but he had no supporting facts. By "bribes," Safire meant the lenient treatment given some Watergate suspects - not that plea bargain ing is unique to Watergate. As to the timing of Connally's indictment, Safire seemed unaware of an important point: Jaworski's office had delayed the proceeding a full week so as not to mar the wedding of Connally's son Mark...