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On this episode, we welcome Rufus Edmisten who served as the deputy chief counsel for the Senate Watergate Committee (1973-74). The Committee's final report, released on June 27, 1974, was partly responsible for the resignation of President Richard Nixon on August 9, 1974. On the podcast, Edmisten reflects on the high-profile nature of his work on the Committee, his relationship with Committee Chairman U.S. Senator Sam Ervin, and recounts the history-defining moment in which he personally delivered the subpoena to the White House for Nixon's secret Oval Office tapes."I knew it was going to be a big day, and when I got (to the White House) I read the subpoena title but then did a little impish thing too," said Edmisten on the podcast. "I had a little U.S. Constitution in my back pocket that Senator Ervin used to carry around, and something about my Boone upbringing said, 'whip that baby out on them.' So I pulled it out of my right back pocket and said, 'I heard you need one of these down here too.'"Rufus L. Edmisten was born and raised in Boone, North Carolina, and earned an undergraduate degree from UNC-Chapel Hill and a Juris Doctor from the George Washington University Law Center in Washington, DC. He served as North Carolina Secretary of State, North Carolina Attorney General, and was the Democratic nominee for Governor in 1984. He is currently a lawyer in private practice.The interview was conducted by North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts Communications Director Graham Wilson.

On this day in 1972, the Equal Rights Amendment was passed by the U.S. Senate and sent to the states for ratification. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Friends,Welcome back to another Saturday coffee klatch, where Heather and I review the highs and lows (and even lowers) of the week. Today we focus on:— Trump's arrest. Why was there no violence, as many had feared? Can we possibly elect a president who's in prison? — Trump's promise to appoint a special prosecutor to “go after Biden and the entire Biden crime family” if Trump is reelected president. Do we need to take Sam Ervin's advice after Watergate? — The GOP House loonies. Is Kevin McCarthy regretting the Faustian bargain he made to become speaker?— Candidates running for president on the Republican side who no one has ever heard of. Why are they running? — This week's upbeat news — including Democratic “trifecta” states and the best series on television.Thank you to Deirdre Broderick / Corey Kaup and Joseph Lawson for today's theme songs, and to all of you for listening. And now our weekly poll:So glad you joined us for today's coffee klatch. If you're receiving this free of charge, please consider a paid subscription (or a paid gift subscription) so we can do even more. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit robertreich.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 809, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: who "m i"? 1: During my long relationship with Woody Allen, I starred in 13 of his films. Mia Farrow. 2: From 1961 to 1964, I invited TV home viewers to "Sing Along With" me. Mitch Miller. 3: In 1505 I was summoned by Pope Julius II to create his tomb. Michelangelo. 4: Since leaving Czechoslovakia, I've directed films like "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Amadeus". Milos Forman. 5: You can hear me doing what I did best in the following:(playing his trumpet). Miles Davis. Round 2. Category: make 1: The Golf, the Jetta. Volkswagen. 2: The Bonneville, the GTO. Pontiac. 3: The Cordoba, the LeBaron. Chrysler. 4: The Monza, the Vega. Chevy. 5: The Gremlin, the Pacer. AMC (American Motor Corp.). Round 3. Category: what's new 1: In some jewelry departments, you can now buy a single one of these instead of a pair. earring. 2: Going for the soft drink crowd, researchers have come up with a way to do this to milk. carbonate. 3: Seventeen says a new fad is to wear sweatshirts on these limbs. legs. 4: After downing a 6-pack of soda, fold this so it looks like one circle, and wear it as a bracelet. yoke that holds all six cans together (plastic holder). 5: On "10 Classics in 10 Minutes", a new cassette, this novel is summed up by "Everybody dies but fish and Ish". Moby Dick. Round 4. Category: '80s bestsellers 1: His "Cosmos" was a bestseller in 1980; he made "Contact" again in 1985. Carl Sagan. 2: This worldly author brought us tales of "Texas", "Poland" and the "Caribbean". James Michener. 3: In 1981 weight-conscious readers feasted on "The Beverly Hills Diet" and his "Never-Say-Diet Book". Richard Simmons. 4: This comedienne left us with the touching memoir "It's Always Something". Gilda Radner. 5: His memoir "Gracie: A Love Story" made the bestseller list in 1988. George Burns. Round 5. Category: "e" dock 1: Name shared by the fathers of Ethelred the Unready and Candice Bergen. Edgar. 2: This dark, hard wood family includes the persimmon. Ebony. 3: We recognize this senator from North Carolina who chaired the Watergate Committee. Sam Ervin. 4: Completes the sign P.T. Barnum used to steer foot traffic moving through his museum, "This Way to the....". Egress. 5: Meaning "universal", it's a type of council convoked by the Pope. Ecumenical. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

Last week, we held conversations with the two candidates for one of the most underrated races on the ballot in November: the North Carolina Supreme Court. This week, we introduce you to the two candidates for the other seat. The races are partisan seats in North Carolina, and Democrats hold a 4-3 advantage. Republicans have put a focus on winning these seats to regain control. This week we introduce you to Democrat and incumbent Sam Ervin and Republican Trey Allen.

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 587, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Lakes 1: Leech Lake in Minnesota is the largest of this river's headwater lakes. Mississippi River. 2: Lake Titicaca is the largest lake on this continent. South America. 3: Named for a British king in 1755, this New York lake empties into Lake Champlain from the north. Lake George. 4: Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake, lies near Kyoto in the west central area of this island. Honshu. 5: The deepest point of this southeastern Siberian lake is about 3,800 feet below sea level. Lake Baikal. Round 2. Category: The Grammy Awards 1: In 1974 this N.C. Democrat's spoken word recording, "Senator Sam at Home", received a Grammy nom.. Sam Ervin. 2: Of Inspirational, Country or Rock 'n" Roll, the type of music for which Elvis won his 3 Grammys. Inspiration. 3: His "Live on the Sunset Strip" album was 1982's "Best Comedy Recording". Richard Pryor. 4: Henry Mancini's music from this Craig Stevens TV series won "Album of the Year" in 1959. Peter Gunn. 5: This guitarist has won 7 Grammy Awards for "Best Country Instrumental Performance". Chet Atkins. Round 3. Category: Babysitting Tips 1: Ask if the little darlings have any of the food type of these; milk, egg and peanut are among the most common. allergies. 2: Mom and Dad may restrict kids' TV to shows with this letter rating, the same as the blandest movies. G. 3: Learn diapering skills at sitter certification classes from this group whose "American" branch dates from 1881. Red Cross. 4: If little Cindy gets into the medicine cabinet, you can reach the closest of these centers at 800-222-1222. poison control centers. 5: Some kids won't go to sleep without this rhyming item, though a 1999 study suggests it may cause myopia. night light. Round 4. Category: Moving Around The Dial 1: (Hi, I'm Ian Ziering) On "90210" the Walsh family moved to Beverly Hills from this state. Minnesota. 2: As the Fresh Prince, Will Smith moved from west Philly to this ritzy California enclave. Bel-Air. 3: Frasier left his Boston practice to host a radio show on this city's KACL. Seattle. 4: She left her troubled past in L.A. for not-so-sunny Sunnydale, mecca to demons and vampires. Buffy. 5: Lisa and Oliver Wendell Douglas left Manhattan life for a Hooterville farm on this '60s series. Green Acres. Round 5. Category: Traveling 1: A cold beer is just the thing to quench your thirst when cruising along this river in the capital of the Netherlands. the Amstel River. 2: If you're a U.S. citizen, you'll need one of these to visit China and we don't mean the credit card. a visa. 3: Families enjoy the Boudewijn Park and Dolphinarium in this European low country. Belgium. 4: For her cabin on this type of Cunard vessel, a Victorian-era traveler packed this type of "trunk". a steamer. 5: Finding guidebooks of his time boring, this Hungarian started his own travel series with 1936's "On the Continent". Eugene Fodor. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

BOMBSHELL!!!Assistant to the President for Special Files, Alexander Porter Butterfield would be questioned by lawyers for the Ervin Committee and while being asked questions he was directly asked if there were recording devices in the White House.  His answer to that question changed everything about the Watergate Scandal. It laid the groundwork for the downfall of the Nixon Administration. Years later, when asked if he should have burned the White House tapes Richard Nixon would answer " Yes, I should have because they were open to misinterpretation as we have seen."  He was very correct. To this day people think that the tapes proved Nixon's guilt beyond a shadow of a doubt. But in reality they don't. They do prove he cursed a lot, said the word "God Damn" a lot, made anti-semetic remarks , racist remarks, and he would fly off the handle saying things in anger that he should not have said, and he was a President who thought out loud, mulling over every angle of an issue, legal and illegal, moral an immoral, until a workable solution was determined. For an American people who had never heard a President talk in private before it was a shocking thing to hear. But what you did not hear, was a President committing an actual impeachable offense. But as in all situations in life it is often far more complicated than can be explained in a simple sentence and a lie, as the old saying goes, can be half way around the world before the truth can get out of bed. This series is dedicated to the truth, the ugly, complicated truth. The truth is Richard Nixon is no angel, but he faced some sinister forces in American Government determined to bring him down during the second most divided era in all of our history. This podcast documentary series is dedicated to showing you the facts about the scandal that derailed a presidency. We don't delve into conspiracy theories or guesswork as to the involvement of CIA connections, or secret plotters with innuendos. As this Podcast moves forward we will document everything we talk about and give you source material where you can read and look it up for yourself. Is there more to the story than what we will cover from this point on? Most likely. But what we will show you we can provide a paper or electronic trail for and it is not a pretty sight. What we can also show you is that Richard Nixon's claim about the misinterpretation of conversations made to fit a certain narrative is in fact very real.  We hope you will listen for yourself and be able to differentiate between things said in private, in  different contexts, and actual criminal intent.  Then you may come away with a totally different viewpoint of the events that brought down the President of the United States.But that is the story we will tell as we travel down the road of Watergate. This episode is the story of how the tapes came to light in the first place and the beginning of the fight that would become the final act of the Nixon Administration.  

In this episode we look at the start of the Ervin Committee Hearings as the Congress begins bringing the various players of Watergate out in front of the American people on national television.  We listen to the members of the press as they look back at a different era when the news of the day could grab an enormous audience because there were only three networks. Then we learn all about the make up of the committee and how it would structure the hearings.  Basically, as a legislative show trial in which the accused had no rights and in which what they said would be used against them later. Then we move on to the early stages of the hearing itself and listen in to various moments from the testimony of the burglars themselves, the officers that made the arrest, and finally to those in charge of the campaign. Jeb Magruder, Hugh Sloan, Maurice Stans and finally the former Attorney General himself John Mitchell. He will face a barrage of questions from several Senators and he holds his ground fairly well.Then we turn to the big moment of the Ervin Hearings, the testimony of former White House Counsel John Dean. This is where you will see the extreme partisanship that had begun to grip the investigative process. John Dean is protected by the Democratic staffers by being allowed to keep his testimony and written statement private until literally he walked out in front of the cameras forcing the Republicans to study all of the written material as they listened to the testimony as it was televised. They literally had no time to plan out or even think about questions to ask. It does not get any better over at Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox's office as he begins to staff up for his investigation. He is hiring nothing but the most partisan and most determined lawyers he can find, all alumni of the Kennedy - Johnson Justice Department and Administration. The very failed Administrations Richard Nixon had swept from power. 

This week marks 50 years since the Watergate break-in happened, sparking perhaps our nation's biggest political scandal and the resignation of President Richard Nixon.  North Carolina played a monster role in the investigation that followed with Sen. Sam Ervin chairing the Senate Watergate Committee.  His 31-year-old Deputy Chief Counsel Rufus Edmisten delivered the subpoena to the White House for the famous tapes. Edmisten went on to a long and prolific political career. Tim catches up with the 80-year-old character at his office, which looks more like a museum and his home, which looks more like a public garden, and a local radio station.

After the pandamonium of the James McCord letter dies down inside the courtroom it becomes very clear that Watergate is now an entirely new ballgame. In this episode we see events move swiftly as the White House Counsel , John Dean, starts making his overtures to the prosecutors trying to cut a deal that will get him immunity. You can also see how off guard the other players are with in the White House. All of this while President Nixon is busy trying to prepare for the many goals he has set for the country in his second term.  We will hear President Nixon address the nation about all of the things he wants to begin as he has finally been able to free the nation from the divisive war in Vietnam.  But even as he speaks it is becoming clearer  that the events unfolding over the  Watergate scandal are now starting to consume his time, and his focus, as the story of the cover up moves closer and closer up the chain of command and begins to put the spotlight on several of his key advisors.

This is arguably the most important episode of the series and these events we will be revisiting through out the scandal of Watergate.  Up to this week, Richard Nixon had never been dealt with completely by anyone who was intimately involved in the Watergate debacle now on the verge of consuming his Presidency.  That includes his Counsel to the President, John Dean. It is in the events of this week that a storyline would later develop implicating the President of the United States in a criminal act, which was the payment of hush money to E. Howard Hunt. The problem as we will learn as we go along is there is a gaping hole in the timeline of events and everything that could be done, would be done, to obscure that fact from the public, the President,  the Grand Jury and House Judiciary Committee. Here we will listen in on the taped conversations themselves as compiled by Historian Luke Nichter for his website Nixontapes.org.  The article used was written 12 years ago and we read it verbatim and then play the tape for you. We would like to note that the tapes of conversations that are not on the phone are often hard to hear, especially President Nixon who was often sitting away from the microphone.  We chose to follow the historians article script and play the corresponding tape so that everything is as clear as we can keep it for this podcasting format. We did not change any of his script.  We begin at the March 13 dated conversation from http://nixontapes.org/passport.html In the script Mr. Nichter uses the word "Falsified Document" and we read it in as written.  Our understanding is that word choice was due to  the impression  from the tapes that Dean was being asked to write something comprehensive at Camp David. The President planned to take the report he asked his White House Counsel to write and then call on another review or investigation as to what had occurred.  The President does ask that the report be vague as to protect the staff who have already been named or testified.  But he states that  he would be waiving executive privilege  later. It is important to remember that this is , after all, the first time Richard Nixon had had as full a picture of what had happened since the break in, some 9 months earlier,  in June of 1972.  John Dean while working on the report seems to have realized at Camp David there was no way he could be fully truthful, and that all roads would lead to him, as he says "I was all over this thing like a blanket" , John Dean seems to have seen this request as being asked  to write a falsified report. But that doesn't at all mean the others were asking Dean to write something untruthful. The point being that whatever Dean would have written could not have been the whole truth, if for no other reason because it would have been damaging to Dean.  In the end, and after about five days of trying, he was recalled by Haldeman without producing a report at all – and decided instead to retain criminal defense counsel, who sought out the career prosecutors, offering testimony against his colleagues in pursuit of personal immunity  (which they declined due to his leadership role throughout the scandal) and that is what our next episode will be about.   

Now we move back to February 1973. Judge Sirica, always trying to insure his place in the sun, asks the Congress to investigate. The Senate happily complies, originally under the guidance of an enthusiastic Senator, named Ted Kennedy.  There would be a fight about how the investigation would be handled, and what they would be looking into, and a partisan nearly straight party 77 - 0 vote. (Republicans decided not to vote) and a committee is formed.That committee would only look into the campaign shenanigans of the 1972 election. The Democrats had thwarted an attempt to include investigations that would have effected their former Presidents and the actions they took in 1968, 1964 and 1960.  I am guessing they already knew the games they had played and wanted to insure nobody else would find out, while they worked to expose the Nixon campaign. Here we will go through the actual debates, from a well written article by former CNN analyst Jeffrey Lord, and we will hear from Geoff Shepard about the actions that led to the committee formation. It was also decided because of the blatant partisanship so far shown, that Ted Kennedy needed not be front and center and so a North Carolina Senator was chosen to lead the effort.  Sam Ervin, one of the authors of the famous Southern Manifesto , an ardent supporter of segregation and foe to every Civil Rights Bill that had been offered up for the previous decade, but now ,  because of his role in Watergate, has had that part of his long and colorful history erased, as the left has canonized him as "The Senate's Greatest Constitutional Authority"  and as the man who saved the nation from Richard Nixon.  that Senator, Sam Ervin , would take over the committee and yet he would keep most of the Kennedy team  in place to control the narrative they would develop over a ratings bonanza summer. You will see that narrative no longer holds water. Then we will hear President Nixon on the phone with his White House Counsel John Dean, as they discuss dealing with the Grand Jury and the Senate and as March rolls through Nixon will ask Dean to come to see him to discuss the matters brewing on the other side of Pennsylvania Avenue. 

In part two of our scrum master tips and tricks series, Madi Fisher and Sam Ervin are back with even more advice. In this episode, we talk about managing timeboxes, why communication and trust within teams are so important, and how to be an awesome scrum master.

While lots of people are still working remotely, some are returning to company offices, creating hybrid team environments. What does this new normal mean for collaboration within Agile teams? We turned to two of our scrum masters, Madi Fisher and Sam Ervin, to find out.

De verkiezingen maakten de VVD met 34 zetels opnieuw veruit de grootste partij. Sigrid Kaag (D66) en Wopke Hoekstra (CDA) aasden op Het Torentje, maar het premierschap leek opnieuw verzekerd voor Mark Rutte. Na 'De Nacht van Witte Donderdag' is de vraag hoe vanzelfsprekend dat nog is.Toen uitkwam dat Rutte in de kabinetsformatie niet de waarheid had gesproken over zijn plannen met CDA-Kamerlid Pieter Omtzigt ('functie elders') zegde Geert Wilders het vertrouwen in de minister-president op, gesteund door 72 Kamerleden.De coalitiepartners uit Rutte III hielden zich daarbij afzijdig. Zij deden iets van politiek grotere betekenis: met steun van de hele Kamer, uitgezonderd Ruttes eigen VVD, keurden zij het gedrag van de VVD-fractievoorzitter af. Hij werd hiermee de eenzaamste man van het Binnenhof. Krijgt 'Teflon-Mark', van wie elk probleem leek af te glijden, nu zijn vierde kabinet nog wel?In zijn maidenspeech omschreef Wopke Hoekstra de politieke situatie als 'chaos binnen de chaos'. Het debat daarover was in vele opzichten historisch. Jaap Jansen en PG Kroeger analyseren in deze editie van Betrouwbare Bronnen waarom dit debat ontstond, wat daarin gebeurde, wat er niet gebeurde en hoe de politieke hoofdrolspelers het ervan afbrachten.Zij noteren liefst vijf redenen waardoor dit Kamerdebat parlementaire geschiedenis schreef. Volgens PG is sinds premier Jo Cals in de fameuze ‘Nacht van Schmelzer’ in 1966 geen minister-president zo de mist in gegaan in een bijeenkomst van de Kamer over een politieke crisis. Uniek is ook de collectieve ‘heiligverklaring’ van Pieter Omtzigt. Zelf zal hij daar thuis enigszins besmuikt en ongemakkelijk op hebben gereageerd, vermoeden Jaap en PG.De uitkomst van het debat lijkt ook uitzonderlijk, maar wie beter kijkt ziet dat dit helemaal niet zo exceptioneel is. Er zijn tenminste vier VVD-bewindslieden die in de voorbije decennia als ‘aangeschoten wild’ verder moesten. Twee bleven als vicepremier gewoon voortmodderen, twee moesten opstappen. En ook internationaal zijn debatten als deze niet ongebruikelijk. Kroeger vertelt over de ‘blackout’ van een verrassend vergeetachtige Helmut Kohl en over die ene jonge medewerker van Nixon die in een onbewaakt ogenblik de Watergate-commissie van Sam Ervin onthutste.Maar hoe kwam Mark Rutte aan zijn verdedigingslinie in dit debat ten aanzien van zijn ‘amnesie’ - zoals Sigrid Kaag dat noemde – rond de verwijzing naar Pieter Omtzigt tegenover de twee verkenners? PG wijst op de speech van Ronald Reagan over het onderzoek door de Tower Commissie naar de wapenleveranties aan Teheran, het Iran/Contraschandaal. Wat de vergeetachtige president op 4 maart 1987 vanuit het Oval Office zei klinkt precies zo door in het betoog van de premier, een kenner van presidentsbiografieën. “I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not.”Zoals elk historisch debat zorgt ook deze Nacht van Witte Donderdag voor begrippen, woorden en zegswijzen die we over 50 jaar nog zullen horen. PG poogt alvast een lijstje op te stellen. Dat gaat van ‘Via via’ en ‘Treinongeluk’ naar ‘Hier scheiden onze wegen’, ‘We staan voor aap’ en ‘Herstel van Vertrouwen’. Jaap stelt voor het aanstaande regeerakkoord dit laatste begrip als titel mee te geven. Omdat het een debat met meer maidenspeeches van fractieleiders dan ooit was, geven PG en Jaap ook hun eerste indrukken van presentatie en vernuft van de verschillende sprekers. En ze laten horen hoe Angela Merkel onlangs in een vergelijkbare situatie als Mark Rutte zichzelf op indrukwekkende wijze corrigeerde.De Kamer heeft zichzelf huiswerk meegegeven voor het Paasweekeinde. Betrouwbare Bronnen presenteert een vrouw en een man die geknipt zijn om juist nu de kabinetsformatie weer op het juiste spoor te brengen. PG adviseert de benoeming van informateur Mariëtte Hamer en Jaap die van Herman Tjeenk Willink. En zij geven een bron van nu zeer passende reflectie en meditatie op de ontstane ‘totale rotzooi’ (dixit Wopke Hoekstra) met een aria van Johann Sebastian Bach uit zijn Johannes Passion. ‘Erwäge’ zingt tenor Thomas Moser. “Overweeg, reflecteer.”***Deze aflevering is mede mogelijk gemaakt donaties van luisteraars via de site Vriend van de Show. Sponsoring of adverteren is ook mogelijk. Stuur een mailtje naar adverteren@dagennacht.nl en we nemen contact met u op!***Verder lezenJaap Jansen – Het telefoonnummer dat nu uitkomst brengt (BNR, 1 april 2021)Alle voorheen geheime stukken uit de verkennersfase***Verder kijken14 uur debat in een kleine 4 minuten: een motie van afkeuring en Rutte door het stof (NOS, 2 april 2021President Reagan's Address to the Nation regarding the Tower Commission Report from the Oval Office, March 4, 1987Polygoon Journaal: De Lockheed affaire (1976)Kein Oster-Lockdown - Merkel bittet um Verzeihung (DW, 2021)J.S. Bach – Johannes Passion - Erwäge wie sein blutgefärbter Rücken***Verder luisteren179 - Kabinetsformatie 2021: Verkenners die schielijk van het toneel verdwenen, een politieke sluipmoord en de 'gouden standaard' van wijs en effectief formeren177 - Kabinetsformatie 2021: Formeren is faseren, dus het begint met verkennen173 - Onder de pragmatische Mark Rutte werd de VVD de grootste, maar ook kwetsbaar136 - Jarig in coronacrisis: Mariëtte Hamer en Maurice Knijnenburg over 70 jaar SER117 - Tien wetten die elke lijsttrekker zich moet inprenten***Tijdlijn00:00:00 – Intro00:01:51 – Deel 100:57:47 – Deel 201:51:06 – Uitro01:51:48 – Einde

Much of the N.C. economy has shut down because of government orders linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s not clear when the economy can move forward again. Nor can we tell what the “new normal” will look like once the pandemic has subsided. John Locke Foundation CEO Amy Cooke addresses questions and concerns linked to planning for the post-coronavirus world. The shutdown of public school buildings across North Carolina has thrust many families toward the world of online education. Lauren Acome, head of school at the public charter N.C. Virtual Academy, offers parents ideas for helping students transition from a brick-and-mortar school building to learning from home. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, state lawmakers already were raising questions about the N.C. Department of Transportation’s spending practices. You’ll hear highlights from a pre-COVID-19 legislative debate about the future of DOT spending. Today’s pandemic woes might make some people yearn for the old days, when nonlethal political scandal was the most likely topic to dominate the headlines. That includes the Watergate scandal that drove former President Richard Nixon from office. Rufus Edmisten, former N.C. attorney general and secretary of state, had a front-row seat for Watergate in his role working for famed N.C. Sen. Sam Ervin. Edmisten recounts Watergate stories in his recent memoir, That’s Rufus. Edmisten ponders valuable lessons from Watergate. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed plans for every candidate seeking an elected office this year. Rick Henderson, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses the pandemic’s impact on two marquee N.C. matchups: the races for governor and U.S. Senate.

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Watergate and Trump, is a fascinating show comparing Russian hacking to Watergate. This show points out the weak sources that fringe media is using to refute the United States Intelligence Community allegations of Russian hacking. The show contains an audio clip of Sam Ervin chair of the Senate Watergate Committee explaining the dangers of interference in a Presidential election.

  The second half of our interview with Justice Ervin focuses on the details of his job and the court system. We talk about the Judicial Code of Conduct, the Faires vs. Board of Elections case, his philosophy of the bench, the proper role of a Supreme Court in the social sphere, and how court decisions do or should affect social policy, and how the court system works both internally and in relation to the other branches of government. During the intro we talk about the DNC and Sam claims that he's not voting. Sam Ervin IV says changes making courts too political - The Wilkes Journal-Patriot The Quiet Battle for the N.C. Supreme Court Matters More Than You Think - Indy Week Local music provided by JET HOT. THIS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY

  Justice Ervin is serving his second year of an eight year term on the North Carolina Supreme Court. After graduating from Freedom High School in 1974 he went on to complete a bachelor's degree in history and then a law degree from Harvard. He has practiced law and served on multiple state commissions and committees. In this first part of our interview we talk to him about his upbringing, his relationship with his grandfather (who led the Watergate investigation), his great grandfather's involvement in ending prohibition, his religious beliefs and personal interests. Before the interview we talk about the NBA's decision to move the All-Star game out of NC and the recent DNC email leaks. Wikipedia Page Justice Ervin interview on UNC TV Sam Ervin sworn in as NC Supreme Court Judge - The News Herald THIS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY

Bill Friday, Terry Sanford, Bill Aycock and many others from North Carolina’s own "Greatest Generation" led a time of dramatic change that established many of today’s institutions. A Generation of Change takes us on a journey through 50 years of North Carolina history with these leaders from the 1920s to the climactic election of 1972 and the birth of the modern two-party state in North Carolina.

Author and historian Karl Campbell (Appalachian State University), moderator, leads two distinguished guests in trading stories about senator Sam Ervin and his central role in the Senate Watergate Committee hearings. Panelists include Rufus Edmisten (former Sam Ervin staffer and deputy chief counsel for the committee) and Sam Ervin IV (Court of Appeals judge and grandson).

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Rememering Sam Ervin, the Southern senator whose skilful chairmanship steered the Watergate hearings to the downfall of a president. This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1989. It was restored by the BBC in 2014.

Senator Sam Ervin becomes new opponent in ongoing fight for Equal Rights Amendment. The sound quality on this recording is variable/poor. This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1989. It was restored by the BBC in 2014.