People, acts sign by president gerald ford, congress and the American People said enough is enough. That actually the presidency has gotten too powerful by making use of vague areas in the constitution. So this debate may not have been necessary for the impeachment, but it was a critical element in the changing thinking of americans about what they expected from their president. Tim naftali, who is now with nyu and previously the director of the Richard Nixon library and museum in california, joining us from new york. Thanks for adding your voice and perspective about the debate that were about to show. Well take you back to july 29, 1974. The house judiciary kmet the session began in the morning but up next for the next thee hours the evening debate over article ii of impeachment against Richard Nixon. The committee was weighing the wiggins motion to strike paragraph three and those in opposition to the amendment had consumed eight minutes and those in support of the amendment had con
Will be allocated. 20 members, 21 members seeking recognition. Well, mr. Chairman, it seems to me that this is a matter of petition importance so the members should have an adequate amount of time, i dont want to prolong this, but i dont think we should cut off debate on a matter of this seriousness and therefore i must register by objection to this request. Withdraw the request. You have been watching some of the debate by members of the House Judiciary Committee on article ii, the abuse of power aimed at the impeachment of president richard n. Nixon, and joining us from new york is tim naftali, who is director of the tenement library, and before that, the director of the Richard Nixon president ial library and museum. Thanks very much for being with us. My pleasure, steve. We talked about the abuse of power. Give our audience an idea of the constitutional debate and the timeline of all this in late july, just about a week and a half before Richard Nixon resigned his presidency. Whats
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