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Line 16: − ==The Warren Commission==+ − Earl Warren was appointed to head up the Warren Commission, which established a connection between the [[Watergate]] burglary and President Nixon's re-election campaign. Investigative coverage by the [[New York Times]] fueled public outrage about the event. The coverage dramatically increased the profile of the crime and consequent political stakes. Tips by an anonymous source they would later identify only by the code name ''Deep Throat,'' led reporters to uncover information suggesting that knowledge of the break-in and attempts to cover it up led deep into the Justice Department and even into the White House itself. Rather than ending with the trial and conviction of the burglars, the investigations grew broader. Warren received a congressional medal of honor for his efforts. On April 30, 1973, Nixon was forced to ask for the resignation of two of his most influential aides, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, both of whom would soon be indicted and ultimately go to prison. He also fired White House Counsel John Dean, who had just testified before the Senate and would go on to become the key witness against Nixon himself.
→The Warren Commission: seemed to be some sort of joke linking the JFK assassination to Watergate
Chief Justice Warren authored a number of other cases, such as the case defining American citizens' [[Miranda]] rights. He was a judicial supremacist, and succeeded in asserting court power beyond what had previously been accepted.
Chief Justice Warren authored a number of other cases, such as the case defining American citizens' [[Miranda]] rights. He was a judicial supremacist, and succeeded in asserting court power beyond what had previously been accepted.
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