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 ...

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 ...

I’m old enough and remember vividly the events surrounding the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. Nixon in 1974. President Richard Nixon was compelled to release compromising White ...

8/5/1974: Shortly after the Supreme Court decided United States v. Nixon, President Nixon released the "smoking gun" tape recorded in the Oval office.

(THE CONVERSATION) Gerald Ford knew Richard Nixon could be prosecuted for crimes he committed as president. That was simply a fact, when President Ford gave his predecessor “a full, free, and absolute ...