Civic Leader Scorecard — Richard M. Nixon (R)

50. Richard M. Nixon † (R) — F-Severe 3.0 ⚑⚑⚑ [Personnel File Pending]

37th President of the United States 1969-1974 · 36th Vice President 1953-1961 · U.S. Senator CA 1950-1953 · U.S. Representative CA-12 1947-1950 · Resigned August 9, 1974 · Pardoned by Ford September 1974 · deceased 22 April 1994

M01	M02	M03	M04	M05	M06	M07	M08	M09	M10	M11	M12	M13	M14
2	3	4	1	4	2	2	2	1	4	5	6	2	7

FLAG criterion 3 (using state authority to punish/surveil political rivals) — documented "enemies list" (Charles Colson memo 1971) + IRS audits of political opponents + FBI surveillance of journalists; Watergate plumbers unit. FLAG criterion 4 (silencing critics + hiding evidence as state action) — Watergate cover-up 1972-1974 documented in White House tapes; Saturday Night Massacre October 1973 (fired Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox). FLAG criterion 8 (sustained subversion of institutional norms for factional benefit) — pattern of constitutional-process violations leading to House Judiciary Committee adoption of three articles of impeachment July 27-30, 1974: obstruction of justice, abuse of power, contempt of Congress. Resigned August 9, 1974 before full House vote; pardoned by Ford September 8, 1974 without conviction.

Drag: anchor politician at the floor of the methodology. M01 Score 2 + M04 Score 1 named anchors — documented use of CIA/FBI/IRS for political targeting (criterion 3 anchor); M09 Score 1 named anchor — White House tapes recorded private contempt and conspiracy (criterion 4 anchor); M13 Score 2 — "I am not a crook" November 17, 1973 + sustained Watergate denials proven false by tape release. Strengths: M14 substantive policy command (China opening 1972, EPA establishment 1970, OSHA 1971, end of draft 1973); M12 institutional decorum in ceremonial conduct. Nixon is the anchor below-which-no-modern-president-falls in the methodology — the conduct that defines what Severity-class subversion of office looks like at the presidential level. Symmetric anchor comparison for Trump J6 conduct.