Properties (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
legal case
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| gptkbp:aftermath |
gptkb:Nixon's_resignation
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| gptkbp:caseOutcome |
Unanimous decision
Set a precedent for future executive accountability. Led_to_Nixon's_eventual_resignation. Nixon's_refusal_to_comply_was_unconstitutional. Nixon's_tapes_were_subpoenaed. |
| gptkbp:caseTypes |
Constitutional law case
73-1760 |
| gptkbp:citedBy |
Subsequent_Supreme_Court_cases
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| gptkbp:court |
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
Executive privilege is not absolute. |
| gptkbp:date |
July 24, 1974
July 8, 1974 |
| gptkbp:decidedBy |
gptkb:Supreme_Court
July 24, 1974 |
| gptkbp:historicalContext |
gptkb:Watergate_scandal
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| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
First time a president was compelled to release information
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
United States v. Nixon
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| gptkbp:impact |
Presidential power
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| gptkbp:influenced |
Transparency in government
|
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
Constitutional law
Separation of powers |
| gptkbp:involves |
gptkb:William_Rehnquist
gptkb:Lewis_F._Powell_Jr. gptkb:Potter_Stewart gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall gptkb:William_O._Douglas gptkb:Byron_White gptkb:Harry_Blackmun gptkb:Warren_Burger |
| gptkbp:judges |
Justice Harry Blackmun
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| gptkbp:legal_representation |
Judicial authority over executive actions.
|
| gptkbp:legalStatus |
418 U.S. 683
Executive privilege Reinforced checks and balances Strengthened judicial authority No absolute presidential privilege |
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
Freedom of Information Act
Presidential Records Act |
| gptkbp:notableQuote |
"The President is not above the law."
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| gptkbp:outcome |
Nixon_must_release_tapes
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| gptkbp:politicalAffiliation |
gptkb:Richard_Nixon
gptkb:United_States |
| gptkbp:politicalParty |
gptkb:Chief_Justice_Warren_Burger
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| gptkbp:precedent |
Limits of executive privilege
Judicial review of executive actions |
| gptkbp:publicAccess |
National debate on executive power
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| gptkbp:relatedEvent |
gptkb:Nixon's_impeachment_process
Watergate_hearings Resignation_of_Richard_Nixon |
| gptkbp:relatedPatent |
gptkb:United_States_v._Reynolds
gptkb:Clinton_v._Jones |
| gptkbp:significance |
gptkb:Watergate_scandal
|
| gptkbp:voterTurnout |
8-0
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