| 来源类型 | Book |
| 规范类型 | 其他 |
| Watergate, politics, and the legal process | |
| Alexander M. Bickel; ralph-k-winter; aaron-wildavsky; Richard M. Scammon; James Q. Wilson | |
| 发表日期 | 1974-03-14 |
| 出版者 | American Enterprise Institute |
| 出版年 | 1974 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | ALEXANDER M. BICKEL, Chancellor Kent professor of law, Yale Law School: All along the spectrum of opinion and emotion about Watergate, over the entire distance from embattled defensiveness to unqualified moral outrage, from the president himself to pickets calling for his resignation or impeachment or preferably both—from one end of this spectrum of opinion and emotion to the other, and at most points in between, there seems to be fairly general agree ment on one proposition. That is, that Watergate has demonstrated the need for institutional and procedural reform in the structure of American politics and government. Now, there isn’t universal agreement, of course, on the nature of the reforms that are needed. Proposals are many and varied. But there is a remarkable consensus that reforms are needed and that Watergate has shown what the defects in our system are. We are here to discuss what may usefully be done. What reforms seem wise and appropriate—not only because Watergate has demonstrated a need for them, but also because Watergate has created a climate of opinion that is hospitable to change and it would be foolish to disregard that fact. And we’re also here to ask, we hope with some detachment, the question that so often gets lost in the excitement: namely, whether deep-cutting reforms are really needed, whether we should rush into fundamental alterations in the structure and procedures of American politics and government, or whether we may not be engulfed by or in danger of being engulfed by an overreaction to Watergate. The cry is: “Don’t just sit there, do something.” Perhaps on some matters the better advice, as someone once said to the late agitated actress, Zazu Pitts, may be: “Don’t just do something, sit there.” We’ve divided our topic into five subtopics or subjects and we’ll discuss them at two Round Tables of which this is the first. Tonight we’re going to begin with the problem of campaign financing and spending, discussing chiefly the questions: should expenditures by candidates be limited, and should there be public financing of campaigns? Then, since reform of campaign financing and spending would, of course, radically alter presidential politics, we thought it logical to go from that to a second topic, namely: should there be changes in the structure and function of the presidency? Tomorrow night we will deal with three subjects: first, the president’s powers and functions in the area of domestic and national security, issues such as wiretapping and other emergency powers; second, the problem of politics infringing on the Department of Justice, on the administration of justice, and the possible need for special prosecutors; and, finally, some matters of immediate interest, such as the reach of the impeachment power, its relationship to claims of executive privilege, and the accommodations that may be necessary between the impeachment power and the the rights of defendants in criminal trials. Download the PDF Download the PDF |
| 主题 | Politics and Public Opinion |
| 标签 | AEI Archive ; AEI Round Table ; Department of Justice (DOJ) ; Richard Nixon ; Watergate |
| URL | https://www.aei.org/research-products/book/watergate-politics-and-the-legal-process/ |
| 来源智库 | American Enterprise Institute (United States) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/207534 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Alexander M. Bickel,ralph-k-winter,aaron-wildavsky,et al. Watergate, politics, and the legal process. 1974. |
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