US Landmark Cases:

CASE I: US V. Nixon:

1. Opinion of the Plaintiff: 
   The accusation that the plaintiff, or prosecutor, had in this case was that Richard Nixon was involved in every aspect with the Watergate Scandal. To prove so, the prosecutor tried to subpoena all the tapes that were in the Oval Office that Nixon’s presidential staff has installed for him over the years. He thought by getting the tapes, it would show him talking about this type of corruption with people he let in the circle. The plaintiff also argued to backup his subpoenas was that the executive privilege that the president has a right to does in fact need to be waived in this situation because it would in-balance the separation of powers in government because it is a conflicting case of corruption in the executive branch.
2. Opinion of the Defendant:
   The response to the plaintiff was that President Nixon had nothing to do with this Watergate Scandal. When asked about the pending subpoenas to bring in all tapes from the Oval Office, he gave the court edited, and cut transcripts of what the tapes said, it was later asked by the Court to comply with all the special prosecutors requests. Nixons lawyers argued after the court made that ruling that this violates executive privilege. Even though it wasn’t fully detailed in the constitution, it was still a federal law that the president does have the right to privacy between him and his aides, which would give him the right to appeal if this objection was overruled.
3. US Supreme Court Decision
   The Supreme Court had a unanimous ruling in favor of the Plaintiff. The court ruled that Nixon was guilty as charged, plus executive privilege did need to be waived because it did come into the separation of powers.
4. Amendments used in this decision.
   A very important amendment that was used in this decision was the 6th. Nixon tried to use the fifth to remain silent but that would violate the 6th amendment which would not make a fair trial. They were finally able to prove that Nixon was guilty because once it was made a fair trial, the proper ev