To Face Down Dixie : South Carolina's War on the Supreme Court in the Age of Civil Rights /

"In an era during which the United States Supreme Court handed down some of its most important decisions, including Brown v. Board of Education (1954), Baker v. Carr (1962), and Miranda v. Arizona (1966), three senators from South Carolina--Olin Johnston, Strom Thurmond, and Ernest "Fritz&...

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Autor principal: Heath, James O. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
United States. > Supreme Court.
United States. > Supreme Court > Officials and employees > Selection and appointment > History > 20th century.
Politics and government.
Political questions and judicial power.
Judges > Selection and appointment.
Government, Resistance to.
Political questions and judicial power > South Carolina.
Government, Resistance to > South Carolina.
Judges > Selection and appointment > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
South Carolina.
South Carolina > Politics and government > 1951-
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The story of South Carolina and the Supreme Court
  • "Total and unremitting war"
  • The man from Maryland
  • "A rendezvous with reality"
  • Home of the white man's soul
  • "The boys down there"
  • "A colored man with the name of Marshall"
  • Between Thurmond and Thurgood
  • "And you refuse to answer that question?"
  • No ordinary time
  • "The little fella that stuttered"
  • The astonishing and puzzling Senator Hollings
  • "Dynamic conservatism"
  • "Too much blood on the floor"
  • Conclusion: A war on the judiciary in the Southern secessionist tradition?

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