In 1973, president richard nixon was linked to a break in and coverup of the 1972 break at the democratic
national headquarters at the watergate complex. investigations led prosecutors to demand that nixon hand over
all audio tapes recorded in his office, believing that the conversations on the tapes would prove or disprove
nixon's involvement. the president refused, citing executive privilege and that releasing the recordings could
endanger national security. the prosecution asked the supreme court to order nixon to release all of the tapes, a
case that became known as united states v. nixon (1974).
based on this information, the case of united states v. nixon (1974) dealt with what constitutional principle? a)suffrage
b)federalism
c)checks and balances

d)separation of powers