Articles tagged as Richard Nixon
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“The True Meaning of the Pentagon Papers”- Professor Hadley Arkes in City Journal
Writing in City Journal, Professor Hadley Arkes debunks the now-iconic narrative–championed most recently in Steven Spielberg’s film The Post–that the Pentagon Papers case (1971) presents a high-water mark for the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence concerning the First Amendment. The per curiam opinion of the Court vindicated the Washington Post’s right to publish classified government documents prior to an executive […] -
“Lessons of Nixon’s Departure”– Prof. Hadley Arkes in National Review Online
Writing in National Review Online, Prof. Hadley Arkes discusses the question "did the Nixon scandal and his impeachment really vindicate 'the rule of law'?"