<span>A grand jury returned indictments against seven of President Richard Nixon's closest aides in the Watergate affair. The special prosecutor appointed by Nixon and the defendants sought audio tapes of conversations recorded by Nixon in the Oval Office. Nixon asserted that he was immune from the subpoena claiming "executive privilege," which is the right to withhold information from other government branches to preserve confidential communications within the executive branch or to secure the national interest. Decided together with Nixon v. United States.</span>
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El Tratado de la Triple Alianza fue un acuerdo secreto firmado el 1 de mayo de 1865 en la ciudad de Buenos Aires, entre Brasil, Argentina y Uruguay.
Los tres países se aliaron contra el dictador paraguayo Solano López y lucharon juntos en la Guerra paraguaya (1864-1870).
Plea bargains are agreements between defendants and prosecutors in which defendants agree to plead guilty to some or all of the charges against them in exchange for concessions from the prosecutors.... They often accomplish this by reducing the number of charges of the severity of the charges against defendants.
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The battle ended the Confederate invasion of Maryland in 1862 and resulted in a Union victory. It also led to President Abraham Lincoln issuing the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862.
Combatants: Union
Part of: American Civil War
Date: September 17, 1862
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shutting down the slave trade
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During the thirty years leading up to the Civil War, anti-slavery organizations proliferated, and became increasingly effective in their methods of resistance. As the century progressed, branches of the abolitionistmovement became more radical, calling for the immediate end of slavery.