During the 1970s, President Richard Nixon was beginning his run for re-election when a burglary took place at the Watergate Building in 1972, which ultimately changed things forever; it lead to the first resignation of a United States president, and changed American politics. Journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein began writing about the case which changed the way people trusted their American government, as well as the way they viewed the President(All the President’s Men). The system of separation of powers with checks and balances, Executive privilege, and the First Amendment right to freedom of the press together prove the American government, at the time, was at its finest hour.
The American government, at the time, did their best
The American government, at the time, did their best