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President Nixon: Toughing It Out With The Law, William W. Van Alstyne
President Nixon: Toughing It Out With The Law, William W. Van Alstyne
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This paper examines President Nixon's handling of the Watergate scandal, arguing that Nixon's stance of "toughing it out with the law" was a common ploy used during his administration to extend the breadth of the issue in question. This expansion deflected attention away from the issue of the Constitutional limits on a president's power and was used to justify a broad spectrum of powers Nixon exercised during his presidency.