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Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DMaA who wrote (3468)	1/29/1998 3:54:00 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 20981

Nixon appointed loyalist Elliot Richardson to fill the post. But before the Senate would confirm, it forced Richardson to appoint a special prosecutor for Watergate. Nixon publicly applauded the selection of Archibald Cox. Cox was not your average lawyer (which assumes that there are such creatures). His ancestral roots planted him firmly in American history. He was a direct descendant of Roger Sherman, one of the few founders of the American Revolution who signed all three of the great documents that created this nation: the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the U.S. Constitution. A Harvard Law graduate and professor, he had been the consummate solicitor general under John Kennedy. It was Cox's dedication to the rule of law, in his role as special prosecutor, that resulted in the "Saturday night massacre.'' On Saturday, Oct. 20, 1973, Cox was fired from his appointed position. Less than a year later, Richard Nixon resigned from the presidency to avoid impeachment.