In what matter do you mean this ?
Gerald Ford loses popularity in his first months in office <span>By offering a pardon to Richard Nixon.
During that time, Richard Nixon was regarded as public enemy number one due to his involvement in Watergate scandal (when he ordered a break-in to the Democratic National Committee). Pardoning Nixon make American Citizen suspect that there are things that Nixon knew from the break-ins that could taint the democratic party.</span>
Troublesome friends are often friends who can cause troubles for different reasons. Friends who get drunk and start breaking the law are one example of this that is quite common. Another is friends who break the law in general, pushing you in a moral and ethical dilemma on whether you should tell on them to the law enforcment.
It is the Articles of Confederation