Straight to the Top

ID: 2748 ~ Source: Jaworski, Leon. Interviewed by Thomas Charlton and W. Frank Newton, March 4, 1976, in Waco, Texas. Volume 1. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. Access full interview here.
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In this interview clip, Leon Jaworski describes how he overcame the objections of Dean Flowers and obtained permission to enroll in Baylor’s law school.

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By Regina Wenger
In July 1974, Leon Jaworski argued to the Supreme Court that not even the president of the United States was above the law. As the special prosecutor in the Watergate proceedings, Jaworski sought tape recordings made by President Nixon. The…