A first-hand behind-the-scenes perspective is provided by White House and Justice Department officials who assisted President Nixon on judicial issues during the 1968 campaign, worked with him to select judges, and helped manage the confirmation process through the U.S. Senate.
Participants include:
Patrick J. Buchanan
After working at the St. Louis Post Globe Democrat, Mr. Buchanan joined Richard Nixon at his law office in New York City, campaigning with him in 1966 and working as a senior adviser on the 1968 Campaign. He joined the administration as Assistant to President Nixon and later served as an adviser to President Ford and Communications Director to President Reagan. He is also a bestselling author, commentator for MSNBC, and a three-time presidential Candidate, running in the 1992, 1996 and 2000 campaigns.
G. Robert Blakey
Mr. Blakey began his legal career as a Special Attorney in the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section of the Department of Justice in 1960. He was chief counsel to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and Procedures under Senator John McClellan (1969-1973) and later of the House Select Committee on Assassinations under Rep. Louis Stokes (1977-78). He taught at Cornell Law School (1973-1980) before assuming his present teaching position at Notre Dame Law School in 1980.
Wallace H. Johnson
Mr. Johnson also began his legal career with the Department of Justice as a member of the Organized Crime Strike Force in Miami. He was Minority Counsel of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and Procedures under Ranking Minority Member, Senator Roman Hruska. He became Associate Deputy Attorney General in 1970 and joined the White House Congressional Relations Office in 1971 as Special Assistant to President Nixon. He also served as Assistant Attorney General of the Lands and Natural Resources Division (1972-1975). He is now an attorney in private practice in Wyoming.
Earl Silbert
Mr. Silbert served for nearly twenty years in the government as United States Attorney for the District of Columbia (1974-1979), in the Tax Division and Deputy Attorney General’s Office of the Department of Justice, and as an Assistant United States Attorney. A graduate of Harvard University and Law School, he is now a partner with DLA Piper, based in Washington D.C.
Fred Fielding, Moderator
Mr. Fielding has spent his distinguished legal career in both the public and private sectors. He has served as White House Counsel to President George W. Bush from February 2007 to January 2009, White House Counsel to President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1986, and in the Nixon White House as Deputy Counsel from 1972 to 1974 and as Associate Counsel from 1970 to 1972.
The speakers were introduced by:
* Ronald H. Walker, Chairman, Richard Nixon Foundation
* James Gardner, Executive for Legislative Archives, Presidential Libraries and Museum Services, National Archives
* Geoffrey C. Shepard, Nixon Legacy Forum Coordinator
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