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Noting that Sirica's comment on Mitchell was not said in front of the jury, most of the experts see little harm done. That may have been "a dumb thing to do," observes Columbia Law School Dean Michael Severn, but Sirica's remark does not constitute the "provable deep prejudice" required for reversal. As for Sirica's praise of defense attorneys in grilling Dean, Yale Law Dean Abraham S. Goldstein views it as "a jocular remark" by a tired judge who let himself "be seduced into this spirit of courtroom camaraderie." Said in the presence...
Clearly more troublesome was Sirica's declaration that he would pursue truth rather than follow tight rules. What most critics failed to note was that the remark came in favor of the defense, as Sirica upheld the wide-ranging manner in which Mitchell's attorney, William Hundley, was quizzing Dean despite objections raised by the chief prosecutor, James Neal. Sirica has, in fact, frequently ignored objections by both sides in giving all attorneys great latitude in their questioning. Massachusetts Trial Lawyer Richard K. Donahue observes that Sirica has "broadened the ability of the defense to cross-examine beyond...
There was a singularly urgent tone to President Nguyen Van Thieu's National Day radio address last week. He warned that the combination of an unruly opposition in the South and continued North Vietnamese military attacks could "lead the country into the hands of Communism." The remark was a lightly veiled threat by the President that he would no longer tolerate the massive demonstrations of South Viet Nam's aggressive, Catholic-led resistance that began in September and have since brought his government to its most serious political crisis in years...
...John Connally's ranch the next year, Jaworski was one of the Texas dignitaries asked over to meet Nixon. By then Jaworski was president of the A.B.A. "When are you going to stop putting all those liberals on the court?" asked Nixon. Jaworski pondered the remark, decided it did not make sense and pushed it to the back of his mind. Then came the day last year when Nixon's chief of staff Alexander Haig called and asked him to be the special Watergate prosecutor. Jaworski hesitated. Haig sent a plane for him. The next morning Jaworski...
...Israel now lives in a state of almost complete siege, surrounded by Arab military and economic power and world support for Arab rights." That kind of remark, which appeared in an editorial in Cairo's daily al Akhbar, could easily have been dismissed as idle rhetoric had it preceded an Arab summit meeting in the past. But last week as 19 Arab leaders arrived in Rabat, Morocco, for a three-day conference, the mood was genuinely one of new-found strength and confidence...