The Nixon Challenge, by James F. Devine III
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Richard M. Nixon, on the counsel of Dwight D. Eisenhower, has decided not to challenge the results of the 1960 Presidential election---the closest in American history---despite the urgings of the Republican Party leadership, when an unthinkable event puts the situation in a different perspective. With new evidence emerging daily that Democratic operatives in key battleground states have rigged the election, in which Democratic candidate John F. Kennedy was awarded 0.16%---100,000---more votes of the 68,000,000 cast, Nixon is under increasing Republican pressure to reconsider his decision not to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court for relief. Eisenhower, too, weary of eight years of eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation with the Soviets, is now under pressure from GOP leaders to reconsider his opposition to a Supreme Court challenge. An opposition based in large part on his desire to hand over the reins of government---and the nuclear codes---in a solemn, dignified, Constitutionally-prescribed manner. Will Chief Justice Earl Warren---an avowed Nixon enemy from their days in California’s rough-and- tumble post-war politics and not all that friendly with the President who appointed him---even agree to hear an appeal? How will his Supreme Court brethren react? Is the evidence as overwhelming as the outraged Republicans believe? Or is it business as usual in the hardball world of national politics? And if a case can be made: does the U.S. Constitution provide for the appeal of a Presidential election? While the Democrats, who believe the results are certified and untouchable, plan their new Administration, Ike has a constant worry: how will Nikita Khrushchev and the Soviet leadership, who already believe they are entitled to a free shot as a result of the U-2 fiasco, react to an American constitutional crisis that may look from Moscow remarkably like a Republican coup d’état? As a massive freak blizzard buries Washington in early-winter snow, the calendar keeps turns: January 6 is the Constitutionally-mandated Electoral College vote. Will the Supreme Court hear the challenge before the College meets? If so, will the Court find the GOP evidence convincing? What will---or can---the Court constitutionally order? And who will mount the Capitol Building platform on January 20th to be inaugurated by Chief Justice Warren? The nation…and the world…wonders.
The Nixon Challenge, by James F. Devine III- Amazon Sales Rank: #2746932 in Books
- Published on: 2015-06-29
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x .50" w x 5.25" l,
- Binding: Paperback
- 222 pages
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Spellbinding tale of alternate history By Bart J. Zoltan James Devine's "The Nixon Challenge" is a spellbinding tale of alternative history, played out on the grand stages of the White House, Congress, and the Supreme Court. The writer is obviously well marinated in history, and the dialog has the wonderful sound and diction of the principals (for those of us who remember). The timing and relevance of this story could not be better. At the center, are the party politics of the '60s (not that different from today) and the workings of the Supreme Court justices, which today more then ever, affects everyday life. The writing is polished, and the writer narrates the story with a steady flow and compelling ideas.Recommend it highly.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. This is my favorite period of American history because it shows -- at ... By Jack Maybrick This is my favorite period of American history because it shows -- at the height of the Cold War and at the beginning of social upheaval and in the early stages of the TV era -- how Americans could be fooled into believing (and into continuing to believe) that charisma and charm magnified by the (black and white!) screen amounted to the equivalent of competence and integrity.This is an alternate history novel in which following the fraud-influenced 1960 presidential election, the plane of President-elect Kennedy goes down at sea and he is declared dead. As a result, Vice-President-elect Lyndon Johnson is going to be sworn into office, and Nixon reconsiders his decision not to contest the results of the election.The role that fraud played in the results of that election has been remarked upon but has never been adequately investigated or given proper fictional treatment and this is the first attempt at the latter, as far as I know.But the premise is weak. The actions of Nixon and others are based on one overriding mindset -- 34 million people cast votes for Nixon as president and NO ONE voted for LBJ as president. But, I mean, everyone knows that the Vice President is a heartbeat away from the Oval Office; that's why presidential candidates carefully choose their running mates. So again, it's a weak premise to suppose that Johnson's impending assumption of the Presidency would influence the decisions of the other characters.The author's constitutional analyses regarding the Electoral College and presidential succession are excellent and he successfully captures the flavor of this period of history to some extent. Imagine a period in American History where Hubert Humphrey is considered a radical liberal, as far to the left as an elected official can go -- though I guess that the Republic had already weathered the threat of Henry Wallace once upon a time.Spoiler alert...At the epilogue, the author gives his own summary of how real history unfolded after Kennedy was inaugurated as President. He castigates Nixon's role in Watergate. But in his alternate history timeline, Nixon emerges as a warmer and slightly more well-rounded figure. The suggestion is that President Nixon in 1960 will make a better president than Kennedy or Johnson would have, which I definitely think is true, and that he will make a better president than he actually made in 1968. Since 1960 President Nixon would have been unburdened by the ghost of the stolen election and by the antagonisms of the "1960's", I think this is definitely true as well.Finally, I've read a number of fictional histories which involve some Democratic politicians making the heroic decision to place their country above their party. This is one of them. Is a Democrat placing country over party even remotely conceivable in real life? At ANY time in history?
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Fiction that reads like reality ! By Richard Conti I taught American History for 42 years and in order to make things interesting and too get the students to think outside the box, we played a game called "What If". Things like "What if the attack on Pearl Harbor was a failure? What if the Atomic Bombs were duds and we had to invade the Japanese mainland?This book is a fictional account of a " What If" situation involving the Kennedy/Nixon election. This book is so well written that I would forget that I was reading fiction and get completely caught up in the story. The author's clever use of the "real life" politicians of the time and this greatly enhances the story line. The book is slightly slanted in a favorable Pro-Republican direction, but this does not deter from the realism of the book. I recommend this book without reservation and I, personally favor the Democratic direction, that's how good the book is!
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