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...kinds of opinion, Forum, which replaces the old Letters section, will run in the middle of the magazine and be given more prominent display. The first Forum deals with, among other topics, amnesty for Nixon, his resignation and its meaning. Some of the writers, such as William Ruckelshaus and Norton Simon, are well known; others are not. Future contributors are invited to spell out their views about subjects treated in TIME as well as on other topics of current interest. We hope for thoughtful, substantial and provocative statements-and, within limits, we expect to give them the space they deserve...
Archie Cox of Harvard, the blueblooded Elliot Richardson and Bill Ruckelshaus, a Hoosier Republican, gave individual honor a fresh luster. Leon Jaworski, the lawyer from Houston, showed principle and courage. And then House Judiciary Chairman Peter Rodino, out of the tough precincts of Newark, looking more like a Hollywood bit-player than a pol, steered his committee through investigation, hearing and vote with good will, restraint and dignity...
With the advent of the Nixon administration, attacks on OEO-funded attorneys took on more threatening forms. In 1970 Assistant Atty. Gen. William Ruckelshaus accused legal services lawyers of filing "politically motivated" lawsuits aimed at embarrassing the Nixon administration. He charged that some of the agencies were using the courts "as a method for confrontation" with the establishment...
While two generations of Presidents have been concentrating power in the White House, Congress has been relaxing its grip, sometimes to the point of irresponsibility. Says former Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus...
William D. Ruckelshaus, 41, lost his job in the Nixon Administration but preserved his reputation for integrity. A liberal Indiana Republican, he was the first freshman legislator ever elected majority leader of the Hoosier house. In 1970 he was named the first administrator of the federal Environmental Protection Agency, two years later replaced L. Patrick Gray as acting FBI director. Since his departure as Deputy Attorney General last October after refusing to sack Archibald Cox, he has visited 40 states and scores of campuses as a much-sought-after lecturer...