Judicial review is part of the United States' system of checks and balances on government. The Supreme Court has the power to review acts of the Legislative (Congress) and Executive (Presidential) branches to ensure they don't become too powerful or abrogate the Constitutional rights of the country's citizens.
1972 This year is marked as a black year in history due to the use of terrorism entering sport with the massacre of 11 Israel Athletes by Arab Gunman. Also this is the beginning of the biggest political scandal in modern times and the start of the Watergate Scandal.
But Mitchell was not around even to savor Nixon's landslide victory over Democrat George McGovern in November 1972. He resigned as Nixon's campaign manager on July 1, 1972, saying that he had been spending too much time away from his wife and daughter.