Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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September 29-- Agnew declared he would not resign if indicted...
October 3-- Judge Hoffman gave Agnew's attorneys authority to conduct an investigation into alleged Justice Department leaks. President Nixon backed Agnew's refusal to resign if indicted as "altogether proper...
...This is the first time in history a vice president has been caught dead to right committing illegal acts and forced to resign," Price said. "It is fortunate that Vice President Agnew made the decision to resign and spare the government lots of disastrous strain...
...Supreme Court ruled that Agnew could be prosecuted despite his office, the trial could begin in late January. By ringingly asserting to the G.O.P. women last week that he would not resign if indicted, Agnew was going against the spirit of Nixon's own promise, made at the outset of the Watergate investigations, that he would demand the resignation of anyone indicted. Since he, like Nixon, is elected, Agnew could theoretically get away with it, although regardless of his present pledge not to quit, the pressure on him to do so would be overwhelming. If he were convicted and still...
Should the 77-year-old strongman die or become incapacitated during his four-year term, it was agreed, Isabelita would also resign immediately and new elections would be called to preclude a monarchy-like succession en familia. If and when Isabella's own presidential candidacy becomes an issue, however, the Vice President's detractors may well find themselves facing an opponent too powerful to be dislodged...