1973 Saturday Night Massacre 50th Anniversary
President Richard Nixon’s firing of Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox on October 20, 1973, set off a chain of political and legal events that left his presidency hanging in the bala…
617 viewsPresident Richard Nixon’s firing of Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox on October 20, 1973, set off a chain of political and legal events that left his presidency hanging in the bala…
617 viewsDuquesne University president Ken Gormley taught a class looking at constitutional issues that arose during the presidencies of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. He gave particular focus to the…
815 viewsJohn Logie and Jill Wine-Banks, talked about President Ford’s pardon of President Nixon, and recalled the events that led up to the pardon. President Ford pardoned former President Nixon on …
1,581 viewsWilliam Ruckelshaus, Bob Woodward, Jill Wine-Banks and others spoke at an event commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Saturday Night Massacre, when President Nixon fired Watergate Specia…
2,224 viewsParticipants in the events talked about President Ford’s decision to pardon Richard Nixon for his involvement in the Watergate scandal. Topics included the possibility of a deal between Ford…
1,440 viewsProfessor Gormley discussed his book, Archibald Cox: Conscience of a Nation, published by Perseus Press. Archibald Cox is usually remembered as the special prosecutor fired by President Nixo…
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