Word: oaths
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...these historic events, the President was acting in direct defiance of a court order. By abolishing the independent arm of the Justice Department that was created at the insistence of the Senate, Nixon was challenging the Congress that holds the power to impeach and try him for violating his oath of office...
Students and other citizens who have always opposed Nixon's presidency understandably favor his removal from office. But the British form of impeachment, used to enforce ministerial responsibility, is absent from the U.S. Constitution. Impeachment on political grounds while technically possible, would be wrong. The Senate, under oath and sitting as judges at a trial, will be compelled by the public to adhere to legal rather than political principles...
...escorted to the National Congress by the traditional cavalry escort in 19th century uniforms, truckloads of troops in 20th century battle dress were interspersed among the horses. Running alongside the presidential limousine were at least a dozen bodyguards, covering every inch of the car. As he took the oath before a crammed joint session of Congress, Perón was visibly moved. His hand shook, and he quickly sat down afterward to wipe away his tears with a handkerchief...
...Justice Department had leaked so much detrimental material about Agnew to the press that the jurors were bound to be prejudiced. In a highly unusual action, Judge Walter E. Hoffman granted Agnew's attorneys the power to gather information about the extent of the leaks by questioning under oath any persons they felt to be "appropriate and necessary"-a sweeping definition that could be interpreted to cover not only newsmen but Justice Department officials up to and including Attorney General Elliot Richardson himself...
...because of their resistance to naming confidential sources. Doing a little leaking of his own, a source close to Agnew's defense indicated to TIME that the lawyers may not insist that reporters name each individual who provided information: the newsmen may be asked merely to confirm under oath that their stories accurately attributed leaks to "Justice Department sources." But what if they balk at this compromise? Will Agnew's attorneys then try to use the court's contempt power? "Obviously," said TIME's source, "they'd be inclined...