On June 12th in US Political History
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On June 12th in 1967 The US Supreme Court, in Loving v. Virginia, struck down state laws prohibiting interracial marriages. Mildred Loving and her white husband, Richard married in 1958, had been arrested in Virginia within weeks of arriving from Washington DC and convicted on charges of "cohabiting as man and wife.
On June 12th in 1967 The US Supreme Court in Berger v. New York invalidated a New York law under the Fourth Amendment, because the statute authorized electronic eavesdropping without required procedural safeguards.
On June 12th in 1971 Tricia Nixon and Edward F. Cox were married in the White House Rose Garden. The event was covered by all three major TV networks of the time.
On June 12th in 1972 Richard Kleindienst was sworn in as the attorney general after John Mitchell left to head the Committee to Re-Elect the President.
On June 12th in 1972 At a hearing in front the of a U.S. House of Representatives committee, Air Force General John Lavalle defended his orders on engagement in Vietnam.
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