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14 Aug 2017, 11:41 am by Sam Williams
The investigation famously came to a head when Attorney General Elliott Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus resigned rather than follow President Nixon's order that they fire Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox in the "Saturday Night Massacre. [read post]
25 Sep 2007, 5:32 pm
Also on the dais: James Goodale of Debevoise and Edward Cox of Patterson Belknap (Law Blog Trivia: Cox is the son-in-law of the late President Nixon.) [read post]
29 Dec 2021, 12:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
After Harlan’s retirement, President Nixon appointed William Rehnquist to replace him. [read post]
4 Oct 2008, 9:00 am
Because these arguments are unavailing, * the district court judgment is affirmed. 08a0354p.062008/09/29 Marjorie Nixon v. [read post]
29 Oct 2014, 3:41 pm
Nor had the Supreme Court yet ruled in United State v. [read post]
7 Nov 2018, 12:44 pm by Scott Bomboy
And in 1974, Elliot Richardson resigned when asked by President Richard Nixon to fire Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox. [read post]
23 Oct 2017, 2:55 am by NCC Staff
Bork’s opponents were critical of his opinions about the Supreme Court’s Roe v. [read post]
26 Jul 2017, 3:15 am by Scott Bomboy
And in 1974, Elliot Richardson resigned when asked by President Richard Nixon to fire Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox. [read post]
27 Nov 2017, 10:44 am by Marty Lederman
  This explains why Richard Nixon did not try to personally remove Archibald Cox (or, for that matter, Leon Jaworski), and (as I have explained) why Donald Trump cannot fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller. [read post]
3 Apr 2018, 8:00 am by David Kris, Nate Jones
He has, for example, expressed sympathy and support for Robert Bork, the Justice Department official (and later, Supreme Court nominee) who fired Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox as directed by President Nixon after the attorney general and deputy attorney general both refused to do so. [read post]
12 Jun 2012, 9:27 am by Lovechilde
After all, Bork's political and legal career first drew attention back in 1973 when as solicitor general and under direct order from then-President Nixon, he fired Archibald Cox as special prosecutor in the Watergate cover-up. [read post]
28 Aug 2008, 12:01 am
Kennedy began by denouncing Bork for acting as Presient Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre henchman during Watergate. [read post]
10 Sep 2014, 11:06 pm by Jeff Gamso
The execution of a person who can show that he is innocent comes perilously close to simple murder.Herrera v. [read post]
31 Oct 2019, 5:59 am by Jonathan Shaub
In the context of congressional oversight, the executive branch has thus largely been, as Cox wrote, “left to itself. [read post]