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From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn)
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Subject: Re: Richard Nixon, etc. - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 13-Apr-84 02:04:39 EST
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From Allen England's posting:
> > Richard Nixon was not one of this country's "better" presidents--
> > a man forced to resign because of multiple violations of Federal Law
> > can hardly be called a "good President".  
> > tim sevener
>
>Nixon was NEVER convicted of ANY violations of any FEDERAL laws.
>
>Just reminding you of the facts.

Sevener didn't say that he was convicted - only that he violated the law.
Nixon was never convicted because his appointed successor (:-) managed to
misunderstand the concept of "pardon" so completely that he was never
brought to trial.  Just reminding you of the facts...

...and T.C. Wheeler:
>There have been several allegations that Nixon was a thief...
He's right; this is incorrect.  People should be alleging that Nixon was a
"crook", not a "thief", crook being a general term for a crooked person.

>Remember another thing, Nixon was NOT impeached...
>...Whether he was pardoned or
>not for supposed crimes became academic once he had resigned.
No, it didn't become academic.  Impeachment is a means for removing an
elected official from office.  (Actually, impeachment is only an
indictment; trial must follow.)  Once impeached and convicted, an
ex-official is THEN subject to prosecution for the crimes committed.  In
other words, you don't get immunity from prosecution by being President; it
just takes a slightly different process at the start.  Nixon's resignation
only made the impeachment exercise academic.  He still could have stood
trial for the alleged crimes; he would have done so as a "civilian" at that
point.
-- 
"A friend of the devil is a friend of mine."		Dick Dunn
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