Richard Nixon's decision to resign the presidency 'spared the nation a painful and extremely divisive process of removing the commander in chief from office,' writes professorhigg for cnnopinion -- 'Donald Trump should follow suit.'
F. Michael Higginbotham is a constitutional law professor and author who teaches at the University of Baltimore School of Law, and a candidate to fill the late Elijah Cummings' seat representing Maryland's 7th District in the House. The views expressed in this commentary are those of the author. View more opinion on CNN.
On August 8, 1974, Richard Nixon resigned the presidency, becoming the first president in American history to withdraw from office. The House had begun impeachment proceedings because of his involvement in the Watergate burglary cover-up, a group of Republican senators had told him he likely had too few supporters to beat conviction in the Senate, and Nixon relented to pressure from the public and Congress.
In an address to the nation, Nixon explained that"by taking this action, I hope that I will have hastened the start of the process of healing which is so desperately needed in America." The next day, Nixon departed the White House and Vice President Gerald Ford took the oath of office.F. Michael HigginbothamNixon's enemies called him"Tricky Dick." Over the course of his 30-year political career, he showed himself to be vindictive, paranoid and selfish.
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