The Justice Department's Decision to Resign From the United States

Spiro t agnew resigned as vice president of the united states today under an agreement with the department of justice to admit evasion of federal income taxes and avoid imprisonment. The Justice Department had lined up for dozens of felony counts a jail sentence was not going to be a stretch but they let him plead to just one count of taxi vision in exchange for that he would serve zero jail time. John Avlon: Nobody's above the law we only have one system of law for everyone nothing about being an elected official gives you a license to commit crimes or a license to get away with it if you do. "I'm very unhappy i don't think it was necessary," says Avlon, who is