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...chances of completing his second term in office fell to their lowest point since the Watergate scandal first threatened his political survival. Earlier in the week, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Nixon had no authority to withhold tape recordings of his White House conversations from Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski (see page 20). The ruling raised the possibility that more evidence damaging to the President may become available...
...WATERGATE INVESTIGATION BEEN FAIR? The President found no fault with Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski "whom I respect very much." But Nixon criticized "some of the activities of some of his eager-beaver staffers" for unfairly harassing witnesses during Watergate investigations...
...Clair argued that Jaworski has not demonstrated a need for the subpoenaed conversations sufficient to overrule the President's presumed privilege. Procedural rules place a burden upon Jaworski to specify his reason for wanting each tape; he did so in a 49-page memo to Judge Sirica. Lacovara contended that since Sirica had found the explanations satisfactory, the Justices could only involve themselves in the question if they believed Sirica had abused his discretion. "This Prosecutor [Jaworski] has a plethora of information," countered St. Clair. "He says he wants to try the case with all the evidence. Nobody tries...
...certain that the subpoenaed tapes should be protected by privilege when the President's lawyer readily admitted that he had not heard them himself. St. Clair claimed that it was enough to know that they were conversations between the President and his advisers. White wanted to know how Jaworski could be expected to specify what the conversations involved...
...court experts professed disappointment that the arguments had not been as sophisticated or deeply probing, on the part of either the Justices or the attorneys, as the occasion demanded. To most laymen, however, the legal subtleties were not important. Mobbed by photographers and spectators on emerging from the hearing, Jaworski was confronted by loud applause and a shouted, highly unprofessional accolade: "Dynamite job, Leon!" St. Clair, smiling broadly and radiating confidence, was surrounded by a smaller but enthusiastic crowd...