Archibald Cox Dies

[salonghorn70]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/30/politics/30COX.html?ex=1086494400&en=f14e49a8b6f0b840&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE

[Pallas180]

1. something's wrong. Archibald Cox and Sam Dash die on the same

evening, both involved in the Nixon impeachment?

And dimson has sealed his pappy's papers?

something's wrong here.

[leftistagitator]

2. Well, Cox is 92

[TacticalPeek]

3. A deep disturbance in the Force.

But, also, coincidence.

[salin]

4. Very sad

Didn't Archibald Cox go on to found Common Cause - which very early on focused on calling attention to the problem with elections and financing? Thank you Mr. Cox. May your family find great comfort in their time of mourning - knowing how many people have been touched by your work. RIP

[SandyUSA]

5. Yes, a great and good man

My husband and I are old enough to remember those olden days. This man was a hero to us then, and it sad to see him go. The only good thing about it is that now many younger people will learn more about who he was and what he did. Yes, his family can be truly proud.

[acmavm]

6. Archibald Cox was a true patriot, one who put his concern for the best

interests of his country over his own self-interest. Without Cox, who knows how the Nixon years might have ended.

[T Bone]

8. uh, John Gardner founded Common Cause

Gardner had been LBJ's Secretary of HEW, I think. Gardner died of cancer in 2002.

[salin]

14. Went back to check - I knew there was an association

he was its head for years. Retired to an endowed chair at Harvard, Gardner had an endowed chair at Stanford.

[bemildred]

7. RIP. Two in one day.

Let us hope the nation still has such patriots today.

[MaineDem]

9. He was a symbol of hope

The beginning of the end of Richard Nixon.

RIP, Mr Cox.

[maddezmom]

10. another link: Watergate Prosecutor Archibald Cox Dies

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Archibald Cox, the special Watergate prosecutor whose firing by the White House ignited a political furor that eroded support for President Richard Nixon, has died at age 92, his family said on Sunday.
Cox died on Saturday at his home in Brooksville, Maine, his wife, Phyllis, said.

In what came to be billed as "the Saturday Night Massacre," Nixon in October 1973 ordered the removal of Cox, who had been seeking access to White House audiotapes involving discussions about Watergate.

Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus resigned rather than carry out the order. Cox was finally fired by Solicitor General Robert Bork, whose nomination for the U.S. Supreme Court more than a decade later was rejected by the Senate.

Cox's ouster aroused widespread anger, even among Nixon's fellow Republicans. The president was later forced to relinquish the tapes and resigned in August 1974 after the beginning of impeachment proceedings tied to the 1972 break-in at Democratic headquarters at the Watergate building in Washington and subsequent cover-up.

Cox, a former Harvard law professor, had been appointed as the first Watergate special prosecutor in May 1973 by Richardson, his former student. Cox also served as solicitor general under President John F. Kennedy.

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morehttp://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=5294526

[radfringe]

11. I remember the bumper stickers that came out just after Nixon fired him

IMPEACH THE COX SACKER

[Cooley Hurd]

12. A great American...

..who was faced with a difficult task at a time when our nation was shredded politically (not as much as now, but it was still pretty bad).

My condolences to his family and friends... :(

[GalleryGod]

13. John Dean? Please Call Home!

And get behind a secure gated community fence!:wow:

[CO Liberal]

15. Cox Did The Right Thing - Which Is Why Nixon Wanted Him Fired

Nixon'e Attorney General and his asst. refused to fire Cox, and they resigned instead. The task fell to the Solicitor General - Robert Bork - who carried out the dirty deed. This was called the "Saturday Night Massacre", and would come back years later to haunt Bork as one of the reasons people opposed his Supreme Court nomination.