Making the Case

ID: 2750 ~ Source: Jaworski, Leon. Interviewed by Thomas Charlton and W. Frank Newton, July 21, 1982, in Waco, Texas. Volume 1. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. Access full interview here.
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Jaworski outlines some of his legal strategy and the considerations of the Supreme Court in the midst of deliberating US v. Nixon.

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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…