{"product_id":"to-face-down-dixie-south-carolinas-war-on-the-supreme-court-in-the-age-of-civil-rights-9780807168363","title":"To Face Down Dixie: South Carolina's War on the Supreme Court in the Age of Civil Rights","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn an era during which the United States Supreme Court handed down some of its most important decisions, including \u003ci\u003eBrown v. Board of Education\u003c\/i\u003e (1954), \u003ci\u003eBaker v. Carr\u003c\/i\u003e (1962), and \u003ci\u003eMiranda v. Arizona\u003c\/i\u003e (1966), three senators from South Carolina--Olin Johnston, Strom Thurmond, and Ernest \"Fritz\" Hollings--waged war on the court's progressive agenda by targeting the federal judicial nominations process. \u003ci\u003eTo Face Down Dixie\u003c\/i\u003e explores these senators' role in some of the most contentious confirmation battles in recent history, including those of Thurgood Marshall, Abe Fortas, and Clement Haynsworth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn scrutinizing Supreme Court nominees and attempting to restrict the power of the nine justices of the court, these senators defied not only the leadership of the Democratic Party but also the Senate traditions of hierarchy and seniority. Along with South Carolina's conservative, segregationist political establishment, which maintained ironclad control over the state's legislature, Johnston, Thurmond, and Hollings effectively drowned out the many moderate voices in South Carolina that remained critical of their obstructionism, thus advancing their own conservative credentials and boosting their chances of reelection. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo Face Down Dixie\u003c\/i\u003e examines for the first time the central role that South Carolina played in turning Supreme Court nomination hearings into confrontational and political public events. James O. Heath argues that the state's war on the court concealed its antipathy to civil rights by using the confirmation process to challenge the court's function as the final arbiter of policy on questions relating to law and order, obscenity, communist subversion, and school prayer. Heath's study illustrates that while South Carolina's history of \"massive resistance\" is less prominent than that of other states, its politicians acted as persistent antagonists in the complex and dramatic debates in the U.S. Senate during the era of civil rights.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James O. Heath\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/14\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 6.99w x 1.22d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807168363\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames O. Heath holds a PhD in politics and international studies from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. He is a founding member of the interdisciplinary research organization Race in the Americas (RITA).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40161608073331,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":51.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_7e57a4f4-e271-49eb-9fa3-b35f59b0eb92.jpg?v=1654955189","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/to-face-down-dixie-south-carolinas-war-on-the-supreme-court-in-the-age-of-civil-rights-9780807168363","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}