Tag: kenneth keating
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Conservatives vs. the Warren Court, Part 1: The Forgotten Revolt

In the late 1950s, a cross-party coalition of Congressional conservatives joined forces to try and muzzle the Warren Court. What got them so angry, and why have we forgotten this chapter of American history?
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Nothing Succeeds Like Succession: Kefauver and the 25th Amendment

For 180 years after the Constitution, we had no idea what happened when the President was too sick to do the job. Kefauver tried to fix the problem… but it took a tragedy to get his colleagues to listen.