Word: oaths
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Still, the Federal Government has continued to do some of its bugging without a judge's permission, claiming authority for the taps under the President's oath to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution" against foreign and domestic enemies. This was the interpretation of the law that allowed the phones of Henry Kissinger's aides to be tapped. Last June, however, in an 8-to-0 decision, the Supreme Court held that such taps could not be used against pure-domestic political "suspects" without a warrant...
...scene is almost beyond imagining. The dignitaries of the Senate taking a special oath and functioning as a 100-member jury, presided over by the Chief Justice. The Senate chamber jammed with extra seats for observers from the House. A team of prosecutors chosen by and from the members of the House, squared off against a team of lawyers retained by the defendant-the President...
Under investigation by Justice Department for possible perjury after having denied under oath any knowledge of Watergate. Supervised in 1971 White House Plumbers Liddy and Hunt. Authorized their managing of the burglary of the office of Ellsberg's psychiatrist...
...knows for sure how the practice of professional courtesy started. But it may well have begun with the 2,300-year-old Hippocratic oath, which exhorts physicians to regard other doctors as brothers. Modern standards reinforce the custom. The A.M.A.'s code of ethics, which urges physicians not to treat themselves or their families, holds that they should cheerfully provide care for other doctors and their dependents...
Looking tense and haggard, Nixon announced that all members of his staff will, after all, appear voluntarily before Ervin's committee if they are asked to do so. They will testify under oath and in public, "and they will answer fully all proper questions." He said they will, however, retain the right to refuse to answer any question that infringes on Nixon's concept of Executive privilege...