1975 the Hughes- Ryan Amendment required the President to report to Congress on all under-cover operations
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Set a Precedent where by Presidents could be brought to task for illegal actions and covert actions
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An increase disillusionment amongst the electorate that is still here today
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Confidence and trust in the federal government had already been eroded. due to Vietnam War, assassination of JFK, the Pentagon Papers and the bombing of Cambodia
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Didn't stop illegal action by later presidents e.g. Reagan and Clinton
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Reagan demonstrated that the imperial presidency can be revived e.g. the Iran-Contra Affair
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Importantly, American democracy and political system survived, very little changed
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Re-enforced the suspicion of 'big government' politics
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Several Laws on Campaign Finance, freedom of information and government openness, also limits in place on fundraising for elections
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Changed the way media reported politic, new focus on catching politicians out