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The obscenity of Richard Nixon and Warren Burger discussing obscenity ex parte.

By Marks & Katz, LLC

 Bill of Rights (From public domain.) Before getting disbarred over his role in the Watergate coverup, Richard Nixon was a lawyer. While president he was still a licensed lawyer. Litigating attorneys are generally prohibited under governing ethics rules from communicating ex parte with judges about their pending litigation. Nixon was the ultimate boss of all federal lawyers, so it would not have been kosher for him to talk with judges about litigation likely to come before them, including obscenity.   Rules or no rules, it is an outrage against justice to learn from recently-released Nixon White House tapes that Nixon and then-Chief Justice Warren Burger (placed on the Supreme Court after Nixon nominated him) discussed and commiserated on the landmark Miller v...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on December 05, 2008 (boomark / email).