United States v. Nixon

The Cover-up

1. Regardless of the outcome, should the President of the United States have a right to privacy in regards to the Oval Office tapes? Explain.
Yes, any president should have the right to the privacy in regards to the Oval Office tapes because usually what is said in the Oval Office is very important and might not want to be in the public until the president is ready to say what he is saying in the Oval Office. The president is like any other person and has the right to privacy. What is said in the oval office should be kept in there and he has the privacy of what is said in the oval office, and regarding everything. It shouldn't matter what is said because it is in the presidents hands and since he is the person to look up to in the united states, what he chooses to keep silent should be respected.

2. Was President Nixon justified when he fired special prosecutor Archibald Cox? Explain.
No, president nixon was not justified when he fired special prosecutor archibald cox because the main and only reason he fired him was because Cox turned to the supreme court to get the tapes when Nixon refused to hand them over. Nixon wanted to edit them first and Cox didnt agree. Nixon fired him so that he could keep the tapes which is not justified at all.


3. Was Nixon creating a Constitutional crisis by refusing to hand-over the tapes? Explain.
Yes Nixon was creating a constituional crisis by refusing to hand-over the tapes because he was being very sketchy about handing them over. Since before there was a robbery and the president was all over magazeins and in newspapers the public was very nervous and confused about what the truth was. When he said he didnt want to hand them in and he wanted to edit them or he would tell them what was all said, it made the public very sketched out about the president and how he was. The public also has a right to know what is happening in their country and the president was keeping them from knowing what was happening because it was like he was hiding the truth from them. This was creating a constitutional crisis because the public wanted to be included in and the president was hiding the tapes like he was behind the robbery or like he knew who had done it.


Closure

4. Why do you think the American public was so outraged by Watergate?
I think the american public was so outraged by watergate because the president of the united states was lying to them and he was keeping things from the public. The public wants to be included in the nation and the president was keeping it from everyone and they knew he was lying in a way because he had absolutely no hard evidence to support him. The public was outraged because they didnt understand what was happening and why the president was keeping things from them. They knew he was lying but they also had no hard evidence either.

5. Do you think President Nixon should have resigned? Explain.
I do not believe that president nixon should have resigned. Even though he was lying to the public and not being a good president not wanting to admit that he had done something bad and him not wanting to show the tapes he should have not resigned because before the watergate incident he was a excellent president and well liked by many many people because he won the elections by a landslide.


6. Do you think President Nixon should have been prosecuted? Explain.
I dont think that president nixon should have been prosecuted. He did do something very bad but he was trying to protect his country. The president has way more control about what happens to the country and so he was trying to protect his presidency and the people of the country.