Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 281-001
Date: Thursday, October 21, 1971 at 8:20 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Buchanan, Patrick J.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/281-001

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[1:29] Oh, yeah.
[1:32] What is the number of chief judges and the number of presidents?
[1:59] I got that from Berger a long time ago.
[2:09] How many?
[2:12] I think it is, but I need that number.
[2:16] You can check with Colson.
[2:23] There's a poll.
[2:26] I'm afraid it hasn't been out yet, but we know about it now.
[2:30] It's just been taken on the court standing in the country.
[2:36] And if they don't have it, they can't do that.
[2:37] Harris is the only one that pulls on this.
[2:38] That's the last one.
[2:42] In other words, do you think the court's doing it?
[2:45] You have respect for it, or don't you have respect for it?
[2:49] If you get me, if you just get the one figure, I just want one line, right?
[2:55] All right, let's see.
[3:02] I'd like you to write one brief paragraph, not too hard, but more.
[3:12] It was on Maine.
[3:16] About the need to have judges above or outside
[3:27] And that's the great tradition of the great justices.
[3:45] In that connection, then going back to the issue of
[3:56] the Peace Forces, which is the criminal forces.
[3:59] I want you to get the exact quote from Liffman.
[4:02] Do you have the Liffman quote?
[4:04] Yes, sir.
[4:05] I'm just trying to describe the Peace Forces, but to get as short as you can, so to speak.
[4:16] And the line is that...
[4:19] In other words, when you go into the precincts, you're not trying to concede that you're doing it in a place that's also by the law or outside the law.
[4:26] Their responsibility is to, I mean, and not to use the court, not to twist, but just to start a constitution to promote their personal philosophical views.
[4:55] There are four issues.
[5:13] Like if I take two drugs or something, and I go, I'm going to say, that's not what I want.
[5:20] I want them to be clear that they have this philosophy, of course, and that's what I want to point out.
[5:25] The whole power line is black, and that's the kind of philosophy I want to agree.
[5:30] And I want to point out that as far as history is concerned, they are concerned.
[5:38] And basically, you know,
[5:42] And then that happened, because the judge tends to reflect the philosophy of the country, and I am concerned.
[5:52] But then say that in my opinion, there should be no surprises.
[5:54] I promise, I pledge to you, and I pledge to the government, that we're going to make the nation great.
[6:05] Thank you very much.
[6:10] to rectify this balance.
[6:13] And I talk about the balance.
[6:15] There are cases involved in this, in the beginning of the republic, involving that very delicate balance between prosecution and defendants.
[6:23] The Righteous Society and the rights, not criminals, but you say the rights of individuals charged with crime.
[6:39] Honest men and great constitutional lawyers have disagreed as to what that balance should be.
[6:50] But as Walter Lippmann said, if Walter Lippmann said a bank balance would take too much, I believe this.
[6:57] I just think they did.
[6:59] And I believe that now we...
[7:02] uh while at the same time as they in the predation of the great lawyers they
[7:32] They...
[7:42] They...
[7:47] They...
[7:51] They ground anybody.
[7:56] Their dedication.
[7:59] The warriors.
[8:02] the wires, code, what's the doctor's code?
[8:12] The doctor's code about saving lives.
[8:15] It's a great word for Dr. Pat.
[8:18] Don't use that word.
[8:21] The code of the wires.
[8:26] their dedication to the population, and how innocent they are.
[8:30] And how innocent they are.
[8:35] And how innocent they are.
[8:37] And how innocent they are.
[8:40] And how innocent they are.
[8:42] And how innocent they are.
[8:51] I like that.
[8:58] I like that.
[9:14] Okay, let's see.
[9:16] You're going to get me the full book.
[9:19] You're going to get me the famous quote by Lippmann.
[9:29] Okay.
[9:31] What's the news mainly about?
[9:33] I'm not going to have a chance to read it.
[9:46] The big book, this is, uh, uh, Supreme Court ABA.
[9:50] I haven't heard about that.
[9:55] .
[9:55] Good.
[9:56] .
[10:24] Good job, buddy.
[10:33] Huh?
[10:36] Yeah.
[10:44] Why is Paul in there?
[10:45] Huh?
[10:45] Why is Paul in there?
[10:46] Oh man, everybody gets it quite easily.
[10:48] This one is a bit shiny-eyed.
[10:51] In Germany, if you were to run the bay, it would be black-and-white, even when we're on the green line.
[11:01] I should agree with you on this one.
[11:05] Right.
[11:05] I'm just trying to see if anyone can help me out with this one.
[11:11] Oh, okay.