No Man Is above the Law

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Mary E. Adkins
Keyword(s):  
Attorney General ◽  
Richard Nixon ◽  
Special Prosecutor ◽  
The Law ◽  
Bar Association

President Richard Nixon, hounded by Watergate-related pressures, reacted by trying to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox, who was leading the Watergate investigation. That attempt resulted in not only Cox’s firing but also in the resignation of the attorney general and deputy attorney general. Chesterfield Smith, American Bar Association (ABA)president, quickly issued a statement condemning the action and declaring that no man, not even the president, was above the law. His was one of the first “establishment” voices to condemn the president’s acts; many in the ABA condemned Smith rather than Nixon. Smith found himself a national figure and, to some, a hero.

scholarly journals JUDGE'S JUDGMENT ON CRIMINAL OFFENSE AGAINST PERPETRATORS OF CRIMINAL EXTORTION WITH THE VIOLENCE AGAINST OTHER PEOPLE'S MOTORCYCLES (Verdict Study Number: 237/Pid. B/2018/PN Kla)

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (01) ◽  
pp. 56-65
Author(s):  
Oktasari Putri Pramisela ◽  
Yulia Hesti
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Attorney General ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Deterrent Effect ◽  
District Court ◽  
Criminal Offence ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Criminal Offenses ◽  
Violent Criminal ◽  
The Law

A crime or criminal act, usually perpetrators of criminals because of an encouragement based on the importance of fulfilling the necessities of life that is relatively difficult to fulfill. In principle the crime problem does not stand alone, but it relates to other issues such as social, economic, political and cultural which is as a phenomenon that affects each other. To tackle crimes and criminal acts such a thorough enforcement and anticipation policy is required. One of the most common criminal acts in the community is the violence of violent blackmail. Perpetrators can be assessed by the community, therefore it is necessary to be handled by the law enforcement officers intensively with the severity of the criminal that was dropped. The problem in this study is how the judge's consideration in dropping a criminal against perpetrators of criminal offenses with violence against motorcycles belonging to others, what are some factors causing perpetrators of criminal extortion with violence. The method of study used is the normative juridical approach and empirical approach obtained directly at the District Court of Kls II Kalianda, state Attorney of South Lampung. Based on the results of the study can be concluded that the judge's judgment in the criminal offence against the perpetrator of violent criminal offence is in accordance with the element contained in article 368 paragraph (1) of the criminal CODE and was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment. Factors affecting the cause of perpetrators of criminal extortion in violence are environmental factors, economic factors on society, the law enforcement. The advice given is to be expected to the Tribunal, the attorney general and the police in providing or establishing the article can be in accordance with its elements and actions, to the rationing punishment against the defendant is considered fair and give a deterrent effect so that the defendant can not repeat it again. There is cooperation between law enforcement and the community in minimizing the crimes that occurred.

The University Reacts

2019 ◽  
pp. 40-42
Author(s):  
Michael V. Metz
Keyword(s):  
Attorney General ◽  
Federal Laws ◽  
The Law ◽  
Faculty And Administrators ◽  
The University

The administration dithered, unsure how to react to the DuBois Club application, and the uncertainty dragged on for months. Various left-liberal campus groups coalesced around the issue, seeing a link between the DuBois question and the Clabaugh Act and an opportunity to test the law. FBI Director Hoover and Attorney General Katzenbach opined on the situation. Meetings and discussions proceeded among students, protesters, faculty, and administrators; they consulted lawyers and examined federal laws yet decided nothing.

Watergate as Civil Disobedience

Worldview ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-50
Author(s):  
Barbara MacKinnon ◽  
Edward MacKinnon
Keyword(s):  
Civil Disobedience ◽  
Defense Strategies ◽  
Richard Nixon ◽  
The Law

It is not too early to try and anticipate some of the possible defense strategies that might be used in trials emerging from “Watergate.” Some months ago, in one of those TV appearances, Richard Nixon suggested an excuse by way of comparison with the illegal antiwar demonstrations of the 1960's. Then there was Jeb Stuart Magruder before the Senate Watergate Committee arguing that his former ethics teacher, William Sloane Coffin, had inspired him with the idea that for certain higher reasons a breaking of the law was justified.Other Watergate defendants have pleaded loyalty to Nixon and the Nixon cause as sufficient justification for their otherwise illegal actions. Notable were John Mitchell's insistence that (almost) anything was justified to prevent “the alternative” candidate from being elected; Patrick Gray asserting that loyalty to Nixon should override his own doubts about what he was asked to do; and Bernard Barker's commitment to the defeat of communism in general and Castroism in particular.

Bodies Corporate in Israel

1974 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 518-547
Author(s):  
Henry E. Baker
Keyword(s):  
Professional Associations ◽  
The State ◽  
Common Interest ◽  
French Law ◽  
Public Morality ◽  
Hebrew University ◽  
The Law ◽  
Bar Association

Societies consisting of persons who have associated for a common interest and for objects other than that of deriving profits, which are generally known in this country as “Ottoman societies” are regulated by the Ottoman Law of Societies of August 3, 1909, which is based on a French law of July 1, 1901. Such a society is formed by agreement of the founders and does not owe its existence to any registration, but its founders must notify the competent official of the formation of the society immediately after its formation and supply him with the prescribed particulars. No such society may be established contrary to the provisions of the law, public morality or with the intention of disturbing the peace of the country or aiming at disintegration of the State, or changing the form of the ruling Government, or causing dissension among different communities, and it is prohibited to establish political societies under the title of races and nationalities.Among Ottoman societies are theHistadrut, WIZO, Hebrew University and professional associations such as the Bar Association.

scholarly journals XXVIII.—Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Francis Vere, by J. Payne Collier, Esq., V.P.: in a Letter to W. Durrant Cooper, Esq., F.S.A.

Archaeologia ◽  
1854 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 368-378
Author(s):  
J. Payne Collier
Keyword(s):  
Attorney General ◽  
Retail Sale ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Law ◽  
Sir Walter Raleigh

In a letter I addressed to you some time ago, which obtained a place in Vol. XXXIV. of the Archæologia, I introduced a note from Sir Walter Raleigh to one of the law advisers of the Crown (most probably the Attorney-General) on the subject of the revocation and re-grant by Queen Elizabeth of the letters patent conceded to her then favourite, authorizing him to issue licences for the retail sale of wines. The note bears date 8th March, 1587–8, and it is the more important, because it corrects a mistake committed by Mr. Fraser Tytler, when he stated in his “Life of Raleigh” that this privilege was conferred as a reward for Raleigh's services in the defeat of the Spanish Armada. The fact appears to be, as I stated, that this renewal of the older and original patent took place before the Spanish Armada ventured to approach our shores.

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