That was to be my point, sir, and i will make it right now. The notion that because there is concurrently under way an impeachment inquiry before the house of representatives, that somehow makes this a nonjusticiable political notion. It is not supported by sound constitutional law or by any of the decisions of this court, and indeed, i would submit that to the extent the court has discretion in the matter, and although this court has now been given discretionary certiary power, District Courts have no such option, it would not be a wise discretion for this court to stay. This is not a request between two jurisdictional committees over who has discretion over a bill. Its not even a dispute between a president and a cabinet officer over what proper executive policy ought to be. This is a criminal proceeding, a federal criminal case against six defendants. A subpoena has been issued to obtain evidence for use at the trial, which is scheduled to begin on september 9. The court cannot esca
Watergate hearings, the impeachment hearings and finally his departure from the white house. And thenit was too passionate a time to use the images right away for any major purpose. I had done it as a historic document primarily. And so i had to wait andwhich i did, until about three years ago, and at which time i took the negatives out of storage, where i had them, and produced about 1,000 work prints and edited them. And now, 25 years later, the book is published, and there is an exhibition at the same time at the National Museum of american history. Cspan where does this photo come from . Guest this is in the oval office. It was one of the earlier photographs that i did during his presidency. He just sat in the chair, and the only thing you could hear werewas the rustling of the pages as he turned them. I used a very quiet camera, whichwhich i like to use. Its like an m camera, which doesnt make the sound that aa largethat a single lens reflex does. I didnt want to get thrown out. I
The impact of modern conservatism has been profound: for example, renewed public skepticism about Big Government; lower rates of violent crime and child poverty thanks to conservative initiativeslike welfare reform; and, in the wake of 9/11, a prudentialinternationalism. Through the power of its ideas and the unceasingdissemination and application of those ideas, the conservativemovement has become a major, and often the dominant, player in thepolitical and economic realms of America.
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] by 2016 according to the imf, the world s leading economy will be a communist dictatorship. that is in five years time. now think about that, if the imf is right, to guide you elected next november will be the last president of the united states to reside over the world s leading economy. in this encore booknotes presentation from 1999, photographers fred maroon discussed the nixon years: 1969-1974 white house to watergate. his book features 134 pictures that follow richard nixon and the staff from the presidents inauguration to his resignation in 1974. c-span: fred j. maroon, photographer, what what went into putting together this book, the nixon years ? guest: it took four years to do the actual photography. i had to get a permission first from the white house to do the behind-the-scenes first term of president nixon. then i went on to do all the other segments: the committee to re-elect the president, the watergate