Word: jaworskis
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...Court dealt a sharp blow to Nixon's defense. The court announced that it would take the unusual step of bypassing the circuit court of appeals in order to speed a final decision on whether the President had the right to withhold 64 tapes from Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski. While the short-run impact on the pace of the Rodino committee's work was unclear, the week's events may well have defined the outer limits of the President's ability to string out the proceedings...
There was remarkably little disagreement among the Supreme Court Justices in making their decision to grant Jaworski's petition (entitled United States of America v. Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States, et al.) to take immediate jurisdiction over the tapes case. Written briefs are to be filed by June 21 and arguments will be given on July 8. A decision would presumably be rendered a week or two later...
...Justices were apparently persuaded by Jaworski's appeal that the issues involved in the case were "of imperative public importance." Among the main issues now to be decided, according to the Jaworski brief: 1) whether the President is subject to normal judicial process; 2) whether he or the courts have final authority over what evidence can be excluded from judicial proceedings on grounds of Executive privilege; 3) whether Executive privilege can be claimed in a criminal case; 4) whether the President had effectively waived privilege in the Watergate affair by his own selective release of evidence; and 5) whether...
...opposing Jaworski's petition for bypassing the appeals court, Presidential Consultant Charles Alan Wright agreed that the issues were "exceedingly important" but argued in vain that this only meant that the dispute must "be decided wisely" rather than "hurriedly." Warning against any "rush to judgment," Wright's brief cited the irritation of the Justices when they were pushed into quicker than normal decisions. In one instance, a "rushed decision" was later reconsidered by the court and changed. The Justices, however, apparently saw an overriding public duty to act with dispatch this time. Another consideration: the court would have...
...Neighboring California Governor Ronald Reagan's frog finished a dismal 20th. The booby prize in the candidates' competition went to California's Lieutenant Governor Ed Reinecke, who was recently indicted on a charge of lying to the Senate Judiciary Committee. His entry, which he vengefully named Jaworski, was disqualified for refusing to jump...