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You are slandering President Ford without any proof.
I object to that! Slander is spoken. In print its libel.
You are slandering President Ford without any proof.
I object to that! Slander is spoken. In print its libel.And Ford deserves both the libel, IF LIBEL IT IS,
as well as his subsequent defeat in 1976, helped in no small part by that payof-uh, I mean, "mercy"
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Sorry it was liibel. There is no evidence that Ford made a deal with Nixon. He did it to end watergate. He thought it was the right thing to do. It cost him another four years in the White House.
You are slandering President Ford without any proof.
What if Nixon pardoned himself,could he still be prosecuted after impeachment?
Is that even legal?
No , but this man that said if the president does it( meaning any crime)then it's legal .
What if Nixon pardoned himself,could he still be prosecuted after impeachment?
) Nixon goes off the deep end and winds up clinically insane. Institutionalized *his heart would go first*
2) Nixon suffers debilitating sroke, heart attack or other major health issue. Dies in office*nearly happened as it was*
3) Air Force One or Marine One suffer major accidents. 100% mortality*The first is all but impossible, the second IDK...*
4) Impeachment process goes through, removed from office*Yes*
5) Assassination by disgruntled American *Crazed American, too many things were already going against Nixon for an individual to be "disgruntled". The more rabidly anti-Nixon Dems and far right Republicans were either thrilled or at least pleased by the events*
6) Assassination by Egyptian military and/or Muslim Brotherhood following Yom Kipper War*You're giving both groups way too much credit*
7) Impeachment process stalls, finishes second term*It was already taking too long, and with Republican defections (lead by Connecticut's Lowell Weicker) Nixon's holding out for another two years, five months, and 11 days wasn't in the cards. Just look at the circumstances of Andrew Johnson's impeachment. He was only months from leaving office, but the Radical Republicans still worked day and night to Remove him.*
8) Woodward and Bernstein cannot get along story dies out*Woodward could have done it on his own, he just would have taken somewhat longer. And that's assuming Ben Bradlee doesn't simply assign him someone else as his partner. Bernstein was very much the "Robin" of that "Dynamic Duo"*
9) Deep Throat (Mark Felt and the greatest nom de plume in history) keeps silent *possible, he was a deeply conflicted man*
There plenty of scenarios where Nixon would never resign. Most of them not good
8) Woodward and Bernstein cannot get along story dies out
9) Deep Throat (Mark Felt and the greatest nom de plume in history) keeps silent
Without Deep Throat and Woodard and Bernstein, the investigation goes on and the president still resigns.
What if Nixon pardoned himself could he still be prosecuted after impeachment?
Is that even legal?
No, but this man that said if the president does it-meaning any crime-then it's legal.
Then he could get prosecuted for both. No way the Dems would let that fly.
No there is nothing in the Constitution that forbids the President from pardoning himself.
The constitution just gives the President the power to pardon. It says nothing about whether he can pardon himself. So I think any Supreme Court would have allowed President Agnew to pardon himself.
If Congress had passed a bill getting rid of the presidential retirement money then this is much more likely.
If Congress had passed a bill getting rid of the presidential retirement money then this is much more likely.
This TL inspired me to talk about our memories of Nixon's resignation with friends. Yes I am that old. Mu memory was very clear I was at camp, We had planned a campout that night. Thankfully one guy brought a radio. He gave us bulletins. I thought that ITTL, I don't know if I would have been back from camp by the time the Articles of Impeachment were drafted by the full House, but I assume the Senate trail would have been in November. I could have watched that on TV from the comfort of my living tool.