The constitutional issue at the heart of united states v. nixon is best described as

A) whether the sepreme Court could hear the case B) the right of a president to resist impeachment

C) the extent to which the seperation of powers was allowed

D) wheatherlaws had been broken during the watergate incident

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Addison Faulkner

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3 June, 19:32

The constitutional issue at the heart of united states v. nixon is best described as

A) whether the sepreme Court could hear the case B) the right of a president to resist impeachment

C) the extent to which the seperation of powers was allowed

D) wheatherlaws had been broken during the watergate incident

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Zander Farmer · Answer 1

Actually, the answer would be C.

Molly Black · Answer 2

I will choose B) the right of a president to resist impeachment. The appearance of the "smoking gun" tape was evidence that Nixon knew about it and gave his approval. To avoid impeachment, he resigned from office. Later he was pardoned by President Gerard Ford.