Word: resigns
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Neither state nor federal statutes automatically strip a public official of his office after a criminal conviction. Instead he usually resigns. If he does not, he faces the impeachment process; or,' if he is a legislator, he can be expelled' by his colleagues. But when should they vote, when should a convicted official resign? After the jury pronounces its verdict or after the last appeal is exhausted? The troubles of U.S. Appeals Court Judge Otto Kerner and California's Lieutenant Governor Ed Reinecke have given the questions new importance...
History will tell the story some day. We can only assume it was then that the man who had carried the faltering Nixon credibility so far by his own genius and honor said, face to face, that he felt that for everybody's good, Nixon should resign...
Nixon told Kissinger that he would resign the next...
...seriously considered winding up his political career in 1974. He has often said his highest ambition was to become Speaker of the House, and it did not look as if the Republicans were going to control the House any time soon. But then Spiro Agnew was forced to resign as Vice President, and Ford was made an offer he could not refuse. Although former Treasury Secretary John Connally may have been the President's first choice, Ford had the right look to Nixon. He had never wavered in his loyalty to the President; ever since they had both been junior...
Ford appears undecided on whether he will retain Secretaries Claude Brinegar of Transportation, Peter Brennan of Labor, Frederick Dent of Commerce, James Lynn of Housing and Urban Development, and foot-in-mouth Attorney General William Saxbe. If Saxbe is asked to resign, a good stroke might be for Ford to reappoint Richardson to the job thus putting the Justice Department back into the hands of a man who early insisted that Watergate be fully investigated and that those involved be prosecuted. Chances are, though, that if Richardson is brought back into the Cabinet, it will be in a less prestigious...