History of the United States II / Unit 15 USH2 2154 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Saturday Night Massacre
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The idea
On October twentieth, nineteen seventy-three, Nixon ordered Attorney General Elliot Richardson to fire Cox; Richardson refused and resigned, and so did his deputy, William Ruckelshaus.
In practice
Solicitor General Robert Bork, left in charge of the Justice Department, firing Cox.
Where people slip
The public was enraged, the anchor says, and telegrams flooded the White House; the House began discussing impeachment.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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