<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal" id="mw1g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Watergate scandal">Watergate scandal</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" id="mw1w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Supreme Court of the United States">United States Supreme Court</a> unanimously ruled that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" id="mw2A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon" id="mw2Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a> did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House" id="mw2g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="White House">White House</a> tapes and they <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Nixon" id="mw2w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States v. Nixon">order him</a> to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.