More to the point, Lacovara stood with Jaworski when they argued the case before the Supreme Court that forced Nixon to give ...

Under Trump v. United States, Nixon wouldn’t have had to worry about a pardon. He could have explained away all of these crimes as “official acts” he took using the powers of the presidency.

United States v. Nixon, a constitutional basis for the doctrine in “the supremacy of each branch within its own assigned area of constitutional duties” and in the separation of powers principle. A ...