and those events forced nixon to deal with the situation >> who was the judge john sarica and how did he get the case? >> he was the chief judge of the united states court district of columbia. he got the case while it would normally come up in a rotation, it appears he picked this himself. he may have gotten the original break-in trial for those arrested in the rotation and then as chief judge decided to stay with the trial of that. he became as knowledgeable as any judge and he is a republican but takes on the president of the united states no question about it. he pushes the limit for a federal district judge on some of his actions. for example the 40 year sentences for a break in unless you talk to the senate is pushing the fifth amendment and someone's fifth amendment right a long way. so he doesn't necessarily get the hall of fame for being a good judge on that. he does get credit for pushing it to conclusion because of his actions. >> do people under 50 know who you are? >> i have been at usc for -- i do two lectures a year and before i come over to do the lectures the class i

and those events forced nixon to deal with the situation >> who was the judge john sarica and how did he get the case? >> he was the chief judge of the united states court district of columbia. he got the case while it would normally come up in a rotation, it appears he picked this himself. he may have gotten t