While President Richard Nixon was in his 1974 reelection campaign, burglars broke into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office complex in D.C. This burglary resulted in the United States Justice Department to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the Watergate scandal. During the investigation it was revealed that the president had taped numerous conversations in the Oval Office. Despite Nixon's effort to keep these tapes from being heard, the supreme court ruled that he had to hand over the tapes on due to the fact they were deemed relevant evidence.
I agree with the court's decision in this case because it would not be constitutional for the president to have more rights while being prosecuted in a court of law than any other citizen of the country.
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The Watergate scandal led to the first Supreme Court case to result in the impeachment of a U.S. president, and will forever leave a negative impression on American citizens' approval of former president Nixon.
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