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Unless Nixon reverses himself, the impasse apparently can be broken only by court order. Jaworski plans to proceed with the Watergate cover-up indictments, then subpoena the Nixon tapes before the trials begin. If Nixon ignores the subpoenas or challenges them in court, another legal battle would follow-a fight similar to two that former Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox had won before Nixon fired him. Some of the White House evidence sought by Jaworski also relates to Nixon's former team of secret investigators ("the plumbers") and his dealings with milk producers, who contributed large sums...
...Republicans) from falling prey to the "animosities, partialities, influence and interest" that Alexander Hamilton warned in 1788 could make a mockery of impeachment proceedings. Rodino himself stirred the first controversy on the committee last October by ramming through a party-line vote giving him the sole power to issue subpoenas. Accused of partisanship, Rodino backed off and agreed to share subpoena powers with Michigan's Edward Hutchinson, the committee's ranking Republican...
Neither can Nixon hope to sustain any personally proclaimed restrictions on his cooperation with the Judiciary Committee. The day after his appearance before Congress, the 21 Democrats and 17 Republicans on the committee voted unanimously to seek full subpoena powers from the House to aid its impeachment inquiry-a request certain to be quickly approved. Leading Republicans on the committee have expressed agreement with both Chief Counsel John Doar and Minority Counsel Albert Jenner that such subpoenas, under the Constitution's grant of impeachment authority to the House, cannot be legally refused by the President. He can even...
...Vice President Aaron Burr, President Thom as Jefferson informed the Government attorney that he would not appear in court to testify, arguing that the separation-of-powers principle did not permit him to get involved in a series of court proceedings. But when Chief Justice John Marshall issued a subpoena or dering Jefferson to produce a batch of letters and documents, he submitted some of them. President James Monroe reacted in similar fashion when he was subpoenaed to testify at a court-martial in 1818. In a curious modern sequel, a California state judge ordered President John Kennedy to give...
Jaworski has, however, been hinting broadly that he would gladly turn over his files to Rodino if so ordered by John J. Sirica, the federal judge who convened the Watergate grand juries. Rodino is expected to ask Sirica to solve the impasse. If Sirica refuses, Rodino can try to subpoena the materials. Assuming that he can get Jaworski's files, Rodino has promised O'Neill that he will push for a committee vote on impeachment by April...