0
What else can I help you with?
Did President Nixon want to have liberals on the Supreme Court?
no
Who appointed the 1973 Supreme Court justices?
President Nixon
Who was the first president brought before the supreme court?
richard nixon
What imPortant job did Richard Nixon do as president?
Worked for the suPreme court
How does Nixon influence the Supreme Court?
he is not president any more
In the case of united States vs Nixon what did the supreme court order President Nixon to do?
In the case of United States v. Nixon (1974), the Supreme Court ordered President Richard Nixon to release tape recordings and documents related to the Watergate scandal. The Court ruled that the president was not above the law and that his claim of executive privilege did not justify withholding evidence in a criminal investigation. This decision ultimately led to Nixon's resignation.
Which president refused to obey a supreme court ruling concerning federal land treaties?
Jackson & nixon
Who was appointed chief justice by Richard Nixon?
President Nixon appointed Warren E. Burger as Chief Justice to the Supreme Court. He also named William Rehnquist to a seat on the Supreme Court, and he was later elevated to Chief Justice.
Why were president Richard Nixon nominees to the Supreme Court rejected by the senate?
Both nominees had supported segregation in the past
What is the power of the US President to force the Supreme Court to decide in his favor?
There is no such power. If there was, President Nixon would never have turned over the Watergate tapes.
What were President Nixon's goals for the US Supreme Court?
Nixon believed the Warren Court had been too liberal and too activist, and vowed to nominate only conservative justices to the Supreme Court to rollback certain progressive changes instituted over the past two decades. Nixon had been quoted as saying he wanted to place a "strict constructionist" on the Court, meaning someone who would interpret the Constitution narrowly, with more of an eye to federal rights over individual rights, and who showed more judicial restraint.Nixon found the "strict constructionist" in Justice William H. Rehnquist, whose elevation to Chief Justice marked the Supreme Court's latest transition toward ultra-conservatism.
What was President Nixon's belief about the Warren Court?
Nixon believed the Warren Court had been too liberal and too activist, and vowed to nominate only conservative justices to the Supreme Court to rollback certain progressive changes instituted over the past two decades. Nixon had been quoted as saying he wanted to place a "strict constructionist" on the Court, meaning someone who would interpret the Constitution narrowly, with more of an eye to federal rights over individual rights, and who showed more judicial restraint. Nixon found the "strict constructionist" in Justice William H. Rehnquist, whose elevation to Chief Justice marked the Supreme Court's latest transition toward ultra-conservatism.
