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Nixon, The Supreme Court, and Busing
The two terms of President Nixon’s administration faced a myriad of issues related to Civil Rights. One among these, which consistently provoked RN’s reaction, was that of busing, a system the Supreme Court mandated throughout the country in order to end racial...
Planning the Surprise – Media and the Trip to China
Often termed “The Week that Changed the World,” President Nixon’s 1972 trip to China was founded upon intense planning. Geopolitics were at the fore, but society’s reaction to the trip formed a complementary component, and great strategy went into determining the role...
The Nixon Space Doctrine
President Nixon with Apollo 11 astronauts, left to right, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin, through the window of the Mobile Quarantine Facility aboard the USS Hornet. (July 24, 1969) Richard Nixon assumed the office of the presidency at the height of...
RN Outlines Policy for 1968
Portrait of Richard M. Nixon, c. 1967. In August, 1967, Vice President Nixon created an outline of the policies that he intended to carry into office in 1969. In the report he spoke only briefly of domestic issues, mentioning the importance of upholding the law,...
Support for The Nominations of Lewis Powell and William Rehnquist
President Nixon presents Lewis Powell (shown on the left of RN) and William Rehnquist (on right of RN) framed gifts recognizing their confirmation as Supreme Court Justices. (December 22, 1971) In October of 1971, President Nixon would be tasked with nominating two...
Treaty on Archaeological, Historical, and Cultural Properties
In an effort to curb the amount of culturally and historically significant artifacts being illegally trafficked between the United States and Mexico, officials from each country met in 1967 and agreed to develop methods to prevent the unauthorized transfer of...
45 Years Later: Nixon and the Gates Commission
President Nixon meeting with future Nobel Laureate Dr. Milton Friedman, distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, and the leading voice of the President's Commission on an All-Volunteer Armed Force. On February 21st, 1970, the Gates...
Upholding the Prestige of the Court
Members of the U.S. Supreme Court as seen on April 20, 1972. By Evan Vassar The Warren Court, throughout its judicial history, ruled on a myriad of cases that would leave Richard Nixon concerned with the Court's use and expansion of judicial power. Among the justices...
Towards an All-Volunteer Force
The Gates Commission on an All-Volunteer Armed Force, made possible by the works and recommendations of Martin Anderson and Milton Friedman. In April of 1967, Martin Anderson, who served as the research director for the Nixon Campaign of 1968, would go on to write a...
1963: Nixon in East Berlin
Richard Nixon and family show their papers to an East Berlin officer before entering the east side of the divided city in 1963. Immediately after RN’s move to New York in 1963 he and his family left on a vacation to tour Europe for six weeks. Between June and August...