A president often scrutinized by the media and adored by citizens, Richard M. Nixon was a liberal Republican who conducted his political career in a manner that not only caused great controversy in his day, but he also placed limits on contemporary presidencies because of his overzealous attempt at executive supremacy. Although he was considered a relaxed and humorous individual, he was politically seen as an unstoppable and evil deviant from the political process. His stubborn attitude and relentless political agenda for greater executive power led to the events of the Watergate scandal and United States v. Nixon. The latter case proved to be one of the most influential cases of the last fifty years, as it taught the nation to further question the legal actions of the U.S. government, the courts, and the president. During his presidential term, Nixon had developed an extensive business model for gaining presidential control over the nation's administration and its constituents, which would soon lead him to implement the Watergate scandal and the controversial Oval Office recordings. This idea of ​​an "administrative presidency" led him to believe that the president had ultimate responsibility for managing the nation and the federal bureaucracy, in order to succeed in his "new federalism" agenda of welfare reform and revenue sharing. His main obstacle to achieving these fundamentals, compared to his first term, was his obligation to a Congress that held strong liberal views. Nevertheless, Nixon learned to manage their actions around his policies using four main characteristics. Above all, in order to transform the government and the courts to...... middle of paper ...... Chibald Cox ordered the president to release the tapes; who were suspected of having information about the break-in and initial corruption of the Democratic National Committee (Watergate), phone glitches, and efforts to cover up White House involvement. Although Nixon agreed to provide summaries of the recorded information, he maintained his efforts not to abandon the recordings to the Supreme Court. Before the case of United States v. Nixon was officially decided, Nixon attempted to appoint a new special prosecutor who would show more leniency. However, Texas Democrat Leon Jaworski proved less sympathetic to the president's predicament than he had hoped, persuading Nixon to provide only twenty falsified recordings. Due to his failure to comply with the district court's orders, the grand jury and Supreme Court took over the case for more vigorous review..