I understand that the pardon signed by Gerald Ford was stolen from the Nixon Museum? Does anyone have info on this??

Mark

QUOTE (Mark Valenti @ Jul 20 2006, 08:36 PM)

I understand that the pardon signed by Gerald Ford was stolen from the Nixon Museum? Does anyone have info on this??

Mark

Perhaps Gerry had it stolen in a moment of conscience.
Seriously tho, it would be very hard to ever learn "who done it", but
a simple trip to where ever Tricky has his works -(Whittier?)- would provide
the answer to your question. Or even a call to a person who works there might
confirm or deny.

Dawn

I've actually visited and asked but they reacted as if I inserted a cattle prod in their private areas. The reason I'm interested is that I'm finishing a new screenplay that looks like it's going to be produced and this one element plays a minor but important role. I actually have a theory about whodunit but I don't want to put the cart before the horse.

Mark

Some background information on the Nixon pardon can be found here:

http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=7475

Constitution of the United States, Section 2

The President shall.... have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, [i]except in Cases of Impeachment
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Since Richard Nixon was accused of offences which were alleged to be impeachable, and since the House Judiciary Committee had voted articles of Impeachment prior to Nixon's resignation, President Ford had no power to pardon Nixon, so the pardon was and is null and void.

Of course you won't read that in the history books, or in the New York Times.