Introduction: remembering Watergate / Michael A. Genovese and Iwan W. Morgan -- Revisiting Arthur Schlesinger's The imperial presidency: Richard Nixon, George W. Bush, and executive power / Jon Herbert -- Watergate and the decline of the separation of powers / Nancy Kassop -- Watergate and scandal politics: the rise and fall of the Special Prosecutor / Clodagh Harrington -- Vietnam, Watergate, and the war power: Presidential aggrandizement and Congressional abdication / David Gray Adler and Michael A. Genovese -- Richard Nixon, reputation, and Watergate / Iwan W. Morgan -- The ripple effect of scandal and reform: the historical impact of Watergate-era campaign finance regulation and its progeny / Victoria A. Farrar-Myers -- Nixon, Watergate, and the attempt to sway public opinion / Todd Belt -- The cinematic Watergate: from All the President's men to Frost/Nixon / Kingsley Marshall -- The long legacy of Watergate / Michael A. Genovese