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...which he has knowledge. While the law is widely ignored, it would seem a serious matter for a President to take no action when his own aides report criminal activity to him. Although Weicker does not say so, such failure might violate the President's oath to uphold...
Wiseman added that he believes the Board will uphold Maloney's decision because it is an "accurate and unbiased opinion after much investigative work...
...This has not been a very good year, so I have no quarrel with the selection of Judge Sirica as Man of the Year except to note that the man chosen was simply performing his sworn duty, which is to uphold the law. However, this, by today's standards, may be enough of a rarity to justify such recognition...
...writing a narrative of the American purge trials, Belfrage has opted to remain within the intellectual context of the fifties. Was Owen Lattimore the number one Soviet espionage agent in America? Did Alger Hiss maneuver the Yalta sell-out? Did the denial of a passport to W.E.B. DuBois uphold the principles or security of this nation? No. Granted. But...so what...
...Richard Nixon's remarkable career is before him: whether he will give up the presidency rather than do further damage to his country. If he decides to fight to the end, he faces impeachment by the House, for he has indeed failed his obligation under the Constitution to uphold the law. Whether two-thirds of the Senate would vote to convict him cannot be certain. But even if he were to be acquitted, the process would leave him and the country devastated. Events have achieved an alarming momentum; additional facts that would be brought out under subpoena power...