Archibald Cox conscience of a nation Gormley, Ken creator author text bibliography biography collective biographies. Biographies. Biographies. Biographies. mau 1997 monographic eng print xxii, 585 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm In October 1973, America was transfixed by a battle of wills between President Richard Nixon and a 61-year-old law professor. Archibald Cox was serving in a new post - Special Prosecutor - to investigate the Watergate break-inches Quietly but resolutely he asked the White House to release tapes of important conversations. Facing a Supreme Court deadline, Nixon ordered Cox to be fired. The top two officials of the Justice Department resigned in protest. Overnight, public opinion swung against Nixon and turned Cox into an American hero. Ken Gormley's gripping biography shows how that confrontation was a natural result of the principles, hard as New England granite, which guided Archibald Cox through life. In his distinguished and dramatic career, Cox had clerked for the legendary judge Learned Hand, carpooled into Washington with Harold Ickes during World War II, and chaired Harry Truman's Wage Stabilization Board. On the Harvard faculty he was the nation's foremost expert in labor law, and he became the top academic adviser to the handsome young senator from Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy. After President Kennedy named him Solicitor General of the United States, the professor grew into the leading Supreme Court lawyer of the century. Through extensive interviews, the author illuminates Cox's crucial role in the debates within Bobby Kennedy's Justice Department over how to handle integration sit-ins, voting rights, and other constitutional questions. Cox's quietly growing reputation led to the two biggest challenges of his career. The first was his little-known responsibility for handling Vietnam-era protests at Harvard, fully told here for the first time. The second came after men linked to the White House broke into Democratic Partly headquarters in the Watergate Hotel. Using newly released documents, Gormley reveals how badly leaks had compromised the Justice Department investigation of this break-in and how the White House planned to edit its tape transcripts. In gripping detail he describes the constitutional tug-of-war over those recordings and the dramatic Saturday press conference when Archibald Cox roused the conscience of an nation. Part one: the making of a lawyer -- "Billy" Cox -- Harvard -- Learned Hand -- Pioneer in labor law -- A call from the White House -- A Yankee professor -- Part two: the Kennedy years -- Young Senator Kennedy -- The candidate's academic advisor -- Tensions in the 1960 campaign -- The celestial general -- The landmark cases -- New president -- Student riots -- Part three: Watergate and beyond -- A third-rate burglary? -- The new special prosecutor -- Opening arguments -- Battle for the tapes -- Showdown with the President -- The Saturday Night Massacre -- White House mysteries -- The Watergate cleanup -- Semiretirement -- Epilogue: home to New England. Ken Gormley ; foreword by Elliot L. Richardson. Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-459) and index. Current Copyright Fee: GBP25.00 0. Uk n-us--- n-us-ma Cox, Archibald 1912-2004 Cox, Archibald 1912-2004 Cox, Archibald Special prosecutors United States Biography Law teachers Massachusetts Cambridge Biography Watergate Affair, 1972-1974 Professeurs de droit Massachusetts Cambridge Biographies Affaire Watergate, 1972-1974 Law teachers Special prosecutors Massachusetts Cambridge United States Special prosecutors United States Biography Watergate Affair, 1972-1974 Biographies, memoirs and correspondance Watergate Affair (1972-1974) fast (OCoLC)fst01172679 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBbr3XDh7KTmjHyRVDy 1972-1974 fast KF373.C673 G67 1997 345.73/01 B Archibald Cox Gormley, Ken. Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, ©1997 (OCoLC)605389245 0201407132 9780201407136 97027499 http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy036/97027499.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0831/97027499-d.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy036/97027499.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0831/97027499-d.html TAG TAGC Current Copyright Fee: GBP25.00 0. Uk DLC 970619 20240808153352.1 in00004815482 eng