at the time, and from John Shattuck, an important American Civil Liberties (ACLU) lawyer who participated in the events, round out the discussion. The attempted expansion of presidential power is further discussed in a paper by Howard Ball on the constitutional confrontation in the Supreme Court over the Nixon tapes in United States v. Nixon and Philip Lacovara, one of the lawyers in that case. The dark side of the Nixon years is further examined in a panel on the protest movement, with participants such as Tom Hayden, David J. Garrow, and Sanford Gottlieb describing how the government attempted to sabotage the protest movement and how the dissenters affected the political currents of the time. The Nixon Administration's concern with secrecy and control over govern- mental information is examined in the context of the Pentagon Papers case in a paper by John Kincaid and in the context of the assertion of presidential privilege, in Mark J. Rozell's paper. Important press figures of the time, including Tom Brokaw of NBC, Howard Simons of the Washington Post, and Victor Navasky of The Nation debate these issues with Ronald L. Ziegler and Gerald L. Warren of the White House press office. Finally, the impeachment proceedings are reexamined. Two papers by Dagmar S. Hamilton and Terry Sullivan describe the specific charges against the president and the political coalitions that formed in Congress around them. Three key members of the House Judiciary Committee reenact their original roles: John Doar, the chief counsel for the committee, and two important members of the committee who were on opposite sides, Elizabeth Holtzman and Judge Charles E. Wiggins, debate the issues pro and con. -2- |