{"product_id":"the-campaign-to-impeach-justice-joshua-e-kastenberg-9780700628483","title":"The Campaign to Impeach Justice William O. Douglas: Nixon, Vietnam, and the Conservative Attack on Judicial Independence","description":"The politics of division and distraction, conservatives' claims of liberalism's dangers, the wisdom of amoral foreign policy, a partisan challenge to a Supreme Court justice, and threats to the constitutionally mandated balance between the three branches of government: however of the moment these matters might seem, they are clearly presaged in events chronicled by Joshua E. Kastenberg in this book, the first in-depth account of a campaign to impeach Supreme Court justice William O. Douglas nearly fifty years ago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn April 15, 1970, at President Richard Nixon's behest, Republican House Minority Leader Gerald Ford brazenly called for the impeachment of Douglas, the nation's leading liberal judge--and the House Judiciary Committee responded with a six-month investigation, while the Senate awaited a potential trial that never occurred. Ford's actions against Douglas mirrored the anger that millions of Americans, then as now, harbored toward changing social, economic, and moral norms, and a federal government seemingly unconcerned with the lives of everyday working white Americans. Those actions also reflected, as this book reveals, what came to be known as the Republicans' \"southern strategy,\" a cynical attempt to exploit the hostility of white southern voters toward the civil rights movement. Kastenberg describes the political actors, ambitions, alliances, and maneuvers behind the move to impeach Douglas--including the Nixon administration's vain hope of deflecting attention from a surprisingly unpopular invasion of Cambodia--and follows the ill-advised effort to its ignominious conclusion, with consequences that resonate to this day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarking a turning point in American politics, \u003ci\u003eThe Campaign to Impeach Justice William O. Douglas\u003c\/i\u003e is a sobering, cautionary tale, a critical chapter in the history of constitutional malfeasance, and a reminder of the importance of judicial independence in a politically polarized age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joshua E. Kastenberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0700628487\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780700628483\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kansas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2020","brand":"Joshua E. Kastenberg","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46602696261887,"sku":"9780700628483","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cd5fca43-3f8d-45c7-8801-2a4e7dcb02a0.jpg?v=1739695009","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-campaign-to-impeach-justice-joshua-e-kastenberg-9780700628483","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}