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...continuing election-year crossfire can only make its position more vulnerable. A number of conservatives have been talking about impeaching William O. Douglas for ideas that many regard as radical. Though impeachment is a congressional prerogative, Agnew in the CBS interview last week tied the rejection of Carswell and Haynsworth to Douglas' fitness. He suggested that "we take a look" at Douglas' views and then "see whether they are compatible with the position he holds...
...entire Haynsworth-Carswell episode?from the nominations through Nixon's angry protests?underscores that failure of leadership. Instead of accepting the Senate's rebuke gracefully in the realization that he may have needlessly contributed to the impasse, Nixon reverted to mundane politics, trying to coax partisan advantage from adversity...
...current fight is a clear departure ?and could become an enduring one ?from Nixon's lowered-voice policy. It raises the pitch of political debate and tends to divide the nation, which he has vowed to "unite" and lead "forward together." Implicit in the conflict over Haynsworth and Carswell were factors of race and class. To many, the Supreme Court since the mid-1950s has become a symbol of disconcerting social change. The court has been both heavily attacked and stoutly defended; another prolonged controversy could further damage its prestige...
...hastily prepared pay raises for federal employees that resulted from the Post Office strike. Yet his attack on the Senate last week produced hostility that he can ill afford. The President's accusations, after all, hit not merely the 51 Senators who voted against Carswell. In the vote on Haynsworth and in the two tests on Carswell, a total of 61 Senators opposed the Administration...
That the Administration could not persuade a majority of Senators of the qualifications of either Haynsworth or Carswell was the nub of the entire fight. Unquestionably, there was some truth to the argument that a number of current and past Justices were no jewels of judicial wisdom. Doubtless, some Democrats were glad to embarrass the Administration and would have behaved differently toward men of similar caliber who were nominated by a Democratic President. Certainly the fact that both judges are Southern conservatives evoked opposition from blacks, liberal intellectuals and trade unionists, inducing some Senators to be more skeptical than they...