The authors write "Commentators long have pointed to the unfairness of applying the strict test used to assess a prosecutor’s subpoena to a sitting president in United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 ...

President Gerald Ford announcing his decision to grant a pardon to former President Richard Nixon on Sept. 8, 1974. Pictures from History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Gerald Ford knew ...

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In 1974, the Supreme Court seemingly approved a special prosecutor’s authority in then-President Richard Nixon’s case over the Watergate tapes subpoena. But in dismissing the classified documents case ...