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• catalog abstract "The separation of powers becomes a meaningless cliche as Alexander Charns - using the Federal Bureau of Investigation's own files - reveals how that agency undermined the independence of the U.S. Supreme Court for a half-century. FBI director J. Edgar Hoover's goal was simple: to push the Supreme Court to the right on issues of civil rights and criminal law. His techniques ranged from illegal wiretapping to spreading disinformation, from using Justice Abe Fortas as an informant to trying to hound liberal Justice William O. Douglas off the bench. Cloak and Gavel, the definitive work on the FBI-Supreme Court relationship, is based on thousands of pages of FBI documents that Charns fought for eight years to obtain. One 2,000-page file was released only after he filed hundreds of Freedom of Information requests and brought lawsuits against the FBI. It establishes Hoover's strategies to influence the Senate confirmation process, incite the public against the Warren court, lobby for legislation to counteract judicial rulings, and use numerous informants inside the Court to both monitor and influence it. Charns was given special permission to conduct research using Justice Abe Fortas's papers, which had been sealed until the year 2000. These papers proved Fortas had acted as an informer for the White House and for the FBI during his tenure on the bench. Fortas ultimately left the Court in disgrace after an ethics scandal unrelated to his informant role. Charns also suggests that Hoover's death did not end the FBI's attempts to influence Congress and the federal judiciary - as evidenced by the role of the FBI in the explosive Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill Senate hearings in 1991. Until now, no one has examined the ultimate constitutional violation - the FBI's attempts to influence the Court by any means available.".
• catalog alternative "Cloak and gavel.".
• catalog contributor b3809324.
• catalog created "1992.".
• catalog date "1992".
• catalog date "1992.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
• catalog description "FBI Spying on the Supreme Court -- Wiretapping and Bugging: "Instruments of Tyranny and Oppression" -- Gavelgate: G-Men in the Conference Room -- A "Sniveling Liberal" Justice Makes the Best FBI Informer -- Justice Douglas and the Parvin Foundation -- Return of Fred B. Black, Jr., v. United States -- Paint It Black -- The FBI versus the Supreme Court, Jimmy Hoffa, and Privacy -- Death of the Earl Warren Court -- Impeach Douglas! Remember Haynsworth and Carswell -- From Burger to Rehnquist: Court Administration from the Right".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "The separation of powers becomes a meaningless cliche as Alexander Charns - using the Federal Bureau of Investigation's own files - reveals how that agency undermined the independence of the U.S. Supreme Court for a half-century. FBI director J. Edgar Hoover's goal was simple: to push the Supreme Court to the right on issues of civil rights and criminal law. His techniques ranged from illegal wiretapping to spreading disinformation, from using Justice Abe Fortas as an informant to trying to hound liberal Justice William O. Douglas off the bench. Cloak and Gavel, the definitive work on the FBI-Supreme Court relationship, is based on thousands of pages of FBI documents that Charns fought for eight years to obtain. One 2,000-page file was released only after he filed hundreds of Freedom of Information requests and brought lawsuits against the FBI. It establishes Hoover's strategies to influence the Senate confirmation process, incite the public against the Warren court, lobby for legislation to counteract judicial rulings, and use numerous informants inside the Court to both monitor and influence it. Charns was given special permission to conduct research using Justice Abe Fortas's papers, which had been sealed until the year 2000. These papers proved Fortas had acted as an informer for the White House and for the FBI during his tenure on the bench. Fortas ultimately left the Court in disgrace after an ethics scandal unrelated to his informant role. Charns also suggests that Hoover's death did not end the FBI's attempts to influence Congress and the federal judiciary - as evidenced by the role of the FBI in the explosive Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill Senate hearings in 1991. Until now, no one has examined the ultimate constitutional violation - the FBI's attempts to influence the Court by any means available.".
• catalog extent "xviii, 206 p., [10] p. of plates :".
• catalog identifier "0252018710".
• catalog issued "1992".
• catalog issued "1992.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Urbana : University of Illinois Press,".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "347.73/26 347.30735 20".
• catalog subject "Electronic surveillance United States.".
• catalog subject "KF8742 .C45 1992".
• catalog subject "Misconduct in office United States.".
• catalog subject "United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation Corrupt practices.".
• catalog subject "United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation Political activity.".
• catalog subject "United States. Supreme Court.".
• catalog tableOfContents "FBI Spying on the Supreme Court -- Wiretapping and Bugging: "Instruments of Tyranny and Oppression" -- Gavelgate: G-Men in the Conference Room -- A "Sniveling Liberal" Justice Makes the Best FBI Informer -- Justice Douglas and the Parvin Foundation -- Return of Fred B. Black, Jr., v. United States -- Paint It Black -- The FBI versus the Supreme Court, Jimmy Hoffa, and Privacy -- Death of the Earl Warren Court -- Impeach Douglas! Remember Haynsworth and Carswell -- From Burger to Rehnquist: Court Administration from the Right".
• catalog title "Cloak and gavel : FBI wiretaps, bugs, informers, and the Supreme Court / Alexander Charns.".
• catalog title "Cloak and gavel.".
• catalog type "text".