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		December 5, 2013

Documents on the organization and powers of the executive branch, presidential policies, current and past presidents. Search text for presidency Browse Documents on the Court's organization and powers, landmark cases, constitutional law, current and past justices. Search text for Supreme Court Browse Documents on Congress's organization and powers, the legislative process, policy, current and past members. Search text for Congress Browse Documents on the U.S. electoral process, political parties and campaigns, voting rights and trends. Search text for elections Browse   Documents on the U.S. Constitution and the rights and issues it has shaped for over two centuries. Search text for Constitution Browse   The first president ever to resign from office, Richard Nixon, is also the only former president granted a presidential pardon. Nixon received a "full, free, and absolute pardon" from his successor, Gerald Ford, on September 8, 1974. Following protocol, Nixon had submitted his resignation to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on August 9. Ford's pardon protected Nixon from prosecution in connection with his role in the scandal that ended his presidency—the coverup of the 1972 burglary at Democratic National Headquarters in Washington's Watergate office/hotel complex.  more...

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