text:  I mean, you know, it's like literally 50 years ago this month. So it's July of 74 that the court rules against Nixon unanimously. And in September of 74, right, this just doesn't really come up in the case. And it continues to drive me so insane that it doesn't. But Ford pardons Nixon and the text of the pardon says because otherwise he would be susceptible to criminal prosecution. But because he's already had to endure the indignity of resigning the office of president, we're going to spare the country and pardon him because we need to. Otherwise, he'd be prosecuted.