he conspiracy at Watergate is simply a matter of the publics lack of awareness to the facts in the case. If the facts are carefully reviewed, it is nearly an indisputable conclusion. It was obvious that the Nixon administration was indeed run in a secretive manner. The officials were openly involved in espionage and many other illegal acts. The president himself was approved for three articles of impeachment; he was charged with: Misusing his power in order to violate the constitutional rights of U.S. citizens, obstructing justice in the Watergate affair, and defying Judiciary Committee subpoenas (Kalb, 188). Rather than face almost assured impeachment, Nixon resigned on August 9, the first U.S. president to do so. It was rumored that Richard Nixon had arranged a deal with vice-president Ford, the arrangement was, if Ford would fulfill two requests, that Nixon would step down and make Gerald Ford the President. Those conditions were, Richard Nixon was to receive a full pardon and that Ford would make sure that any information about Nixons involvement with the anti-Castro operations would be totally concealed. A month later his successor, Gerald Ford pardoned him for all crimes he might have committed while in office; Nixon was then immune from federal prosecution. President Nixon and his cabinet members failed to realize that the constitutional system of checks and balances would work to prevent abuses as it was intended to by the Founding Fathers. Doubtfully, when the founding fathers set out for a more united government with a qualified leader, they probably were not worried that he or she would be involved in illegal actions. Most importantly, when the American people disrespect the presidency, and are too busy criticizing or ridiculing the actions and behavior of the man holding the office, we no longer unite under him, and then all patriotism is lost. Watergate showed that in a nation of laws no one is above the law, not even...
