Use examples from the lessons and your own personal experiences to compose at least one well-developed paragraph on the following: explain how the u. s. supreme court case united states v. nixon has impacted society.

The division of power in the u.s. government has always been a contentious issue, with the judicial, legislative and executive branches often disagreeing over limits on their particular powers. an early example of this disagreement occurred in 1796 when the house of representatives demanded documents relating to the jay treaty that the senate signed with great britain. president washington refused to hand over those documents, arguing that the power to make treaties lay entirely with the senate, and the house had no right to the requested information. nixon attempted a similar argument in claiming his own executive privilege. the requested recordings contained details that were relevant to prosecutions in the watergate scandal, but the president argued that the information was not vital to the defendants' cases and he had the privilege of protecting internal white house communications. the court ruled that accepting this privilege would amount to a blanket immunity from judicial review and prosecution and ruled against nixon unanimously.

One key element is humour! the man probably represents a politician or worker!