WASHINGTON (AP) — Fifty years ago, three of the justices Richard Nixon appointed to the Supreme Court joined in an 8-0 decision in the Watergate tapes case that effectively ended his presidency, ruling only 16 days after hearing the case. Nixon resigned from office just over two weeks later. Now, three justices named by then-President […]
A girl was killed while water skiing near Biscayne’s Nixon Beach after a boater rammed into her and sped away Saturday. It’s the latest fatal incident in the vicinity of the famed tourist attraction. Boating accidents aren’t unusual in Biscayne Bay, frequently packed with water and sun worshipers on the weekends and holidays. Authorities are […]
Donald Trump’s immunity claims reached the U.S. Supreme Court last week, and during oral arguments, Justice Brett Kavanaugh — a Trump nominee — thought it’d be a good idea to bring up Gerald Ford’s decision to pardon Richard Nixon in 1974. The then-president’s decision, the conservative jurist said, was “very controversial in the moment.” Former […]
It was Aug. 15, 1971, and then-President Richard Nixon delivered an address to the nation to lay out a new economic approach for a country beset by economic worries and challenges to the US dollar. A key prong of his plan was an “import surcharge” — in effect a new tariff — of 10% across […]