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...CALL FOR the removal from office of President Richard Nixon is premature. The president has released the Watergate tapes and stands in full compliance with Judge Sirica's order, removing the long-standing constitutional impasse which had come to a head last weekend. The House of Representatives has begun a legitimate and reasonable inquiry into impeachment, but as yet neither prosecutors nor the Watergate committee has enough evidence to link the president to any criminal acts...
Nixon surrendered his private tape recordings to Judges Sirica out of fear, according to newspaper and television reports. The story, by way of "candid White House officials," is that Nixon and his aides completely underestimated the virulence of the public reaction to Richardson's resignation and the dismissals of Ruckelshaus and Cox. Talk of impeachment led him to the conclusion that he had better "obey...
...ground swell of public opinion over the weekend had its deepest support among citizens who dislike Nixon and his policies. The outpour of new impeachment supporters, however, came from those who felt strongly that the President was placing himself above the law by threatening to defy Judge Sirica. Nixon recognized this reality when he instructed his lawyer, Charles Alan Wright, to state simply, "This president does not defy the law." This catch-phrase will be the cornerstone of Nixon's Watergate strategy in the coming weeks...
District Court Judge John J. Sirica, whose order that President Nixon surrender Watergate-related tape recordings precipitated a major constitutional crisis, was honored by the American Judges Association last night for his "manifestation of judicial courage...
...showdown nears. The stage has been set for a final confrontation between Executive and judiciary, between President Nixon and the U.S. Supreme Court. By a 5-to-2 majority last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld U.S. District Judge John J. Sirica's decision that the President must let him examine the Watergate tapes to decide which to submit to the Watergate grand jury...