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Finally, appearing in rebuttal to complete Jaworski's case, his diminutive (5 ft. 6 in.) chief counsel, Philip Lacovara, 30, proved most professionally proficient of the three. Speaking quickly and precisely without notes, he rescued Jaworski from technical pitfalls and calmly challenged the Chief Justice on his interpretation of legal precedents. He urged the court not to shy away from a decision that might have profound political implications nor to shun its duty to decide a basic constitutional issue. He asked the Justices to "fully, explicitly, decisively?and definitively?uphold Judge Sirica's decision...
...Lacovara's use of the term "definitively" was a subtle reminder that the President had once pledged to obey a "definitive" decision of the Supreme Court in the original tapes fight waged by Jaworski's predecessor Archibald Cox. After Nixon had Cox fired for seeking this evidence, the political furor that followed forced the President to drop his planned appeal to the Supreme Court. Instead he yielded to an appeals court ruling that he surrender the first group of recordings. At that time Nixon's constitutional consultant, Charles Alan Wright, assured Judge Sirica, "This President does not defy...
...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...
...time pressure, eight topflight lawyers divided the research chores by subjects and produced a more tightly reasoned and precedent-studded brief on time. Busy supervising the various Watergate investigations and prosecutions, Jaworski nevertheless gave the Supreme Court arguments his personal attention. He also had the skilled aid of Philip Lacovara, 30, his chief counsel and perhaps the sharpest mind on the 38-member legal staff. Despite the liberal image of the Jaworski team, Lacovara, a conservative, is a former Goldwater activist...