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Author Kastenberg, Joshua E., 1967- author.

Title The campaign to impeach Justice William O. Douglas Nixon, Vietnam, and the conservative attack on judicial independence / Joshua E. Kastenberg
Published Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2019]

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Contents Foreword / Senator Fred Harris -- 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
Summary A timely and richly detailed history exploring fascinating questions of judicial ethics, impeachment, and racial politics
SUBJECT Douglas, William O. (William Orville), 1898-1980 -- Impeachment
Subject Political questions and judicial power -- United States
POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Judicial Branch
Political questions and judicial power
Politics and government
SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140471
Subject United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780700628490
0700628495