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The campaign to impeach Justice William O. Douglas : Nixon, Vietnam, and the Conservative Attack on Judicial Independence / Joshua E. Kastenberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kastenberg, Joshua E., 1967- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political questions and judicial power--United States.
- Political questions and judicial power.
- United States--Politics and government--1969-1974.
- United States.
- Douglas, William O. (William Orville), 1898-1980--Impeachment.
- Douglas, William O.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2019]
- Summary:
- A timely and richly detailed history exploring fascinating questions of judicial ethics, impeachment, and racial politics.
- Contents:
- Foreword
- Introduction
- The rising men, the muckrakers of the judiciary, and beleaguered judges
- Douglas, extra-judicial activities, and the Vietnam conflict
- Ford's attack on Douglas begins
- The House of Representatives responds to Ford and the Cambodian invasion
- A long summer of discord : the Senate and judiciary awaits the house
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-7006-2849-5
- OCLC:
- 1378932408
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