Jun 30, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
President Nixon signs the 26th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. On April 27, 1970 President Nixon sent a letter to Congress supporting a constitutional amendment to lower the voting age. At the time, the Senate had attached to the bill modifying and...
Jun 28, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
President Nixon greets an enthusiastic Russian crowd in Moscow’s Red Square. 40 years ago this week, President Nixon landed at Vnukovo II Airport in Moscow, U.S.S.R., opening an official visit to the Soviet Union. He came prepared to continue detente talks and...
Jun 26, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
Richard Nixon’s opening arguments for the Supreme Court case TIME, Inc. v. Hill, April 27, 1966. In light of the Supreme Court’s ruling on Wednesday that requires police to obtain a warrant before searching mobile devices seized when arresting a suspect,...
Jun 24, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
Congressman Richard Nixon with his mother, Hannah Milhous Nixon, 1946. Many who knew Hannah Milhous Nixon in Whittier referred to her as a “Quaker saint.” She was peaceful and displayed a strength of lovingness that shown through her heart and the quality...
Jun 23, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
President Nixon and Judge Warren E. Burger on the day of his nomination to the Supreme Court as Chief Justice. 45 years ago today, President Nixon made his first appointment to the Supreme Court. It was also his most important appointment during his presidency because...
Jun 23, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
President Nixon addresses the nation on his plan for welfare reform: the Family Assistance Plan. On August 8, 1969, President Nixon addressed the nation on his administration’s domestic program proposals. He unveiled a series of domestic policies aimed at...
