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Archibald Cox Jr. (May 17, 1912 – May 29, 2004) was an American legal scholar who served as U.S. Solicitor General under President John F. Kennedy and as a special prosecutor during the Watergate scandal. During his career, he was a pioneering expert on labor law and was also an authority on constitutional law.
The "Saturday Night Massacre" was a series of resignations over the dismissal of special prosecutor Archibald Cox that took place in the United States Department of Justice during the Watergate scandal in 1973. The events followed the refusal by Cox to drop a subpoena for the Nixon White House tapes at President Richard Nixon's request.
Jun 11, 2018 · Archibald Cox (born 1912), lawyer, educator, author, labor arbitrator, and public servant, was appointed special prosecutor to investigate the Watergate political scandal in 1973. Five months later he was fired in the "Saturday Night Massacre."
Archibald Cox (1912–2004), a distinguished lawyer, is best known for his role as special prosecutor in the Watergate investigation, but his career also involved him in a number of First Amendment issues. Cox’s won First Amendment cases during the Civil Rights era. Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, Cox graduated from Harvard Law School in 1937.
Archibald Cox was a lawyer, professor, and public servant known for his integrity and his commitment to the greater good. He brought these traits to bear in well-reasoned legal battles for labor rights, civil rights, and government accountability. Cox was born in 1912 in Plainfield, New Jersey, into a family of lawyers.
Archibald Cox. In a legal career of more than 60 years that began with clerking for the legendary federal court justice Learned Hand, Archibald Cox was often part of the “establishment.” But, in the great crisis of Watergate, he faced down a president without concern for that career.
Dec 4, 2013 · Archibald Cox, a Harvard law professor and former U.S. solicitor general, was tapped to investigate the incident in May 1973. He soon clashed with the White House over Nixon’s refusal to...
