4 minutes ago - PDF READ ONLINE The Long Reach of the Sixties: LBJ, Nixon, and the Making of the Contemporary Supreme Court | The Warren Court of the 1950s and 1960s was the most liberal in American history Yet within a few short years, new appointments redirected the Court in a more conservative direction, a trend that continued for decades However, even after Warren retired and the makeup of the court changed, his Court cast a shadow that extends to our own eraIn The Long Reach of the Sixties, Laura Kalman focuses on the late 1960s and early 1970s, when Presidents Johnson and Nixon attempted to dominate the Court and alter its course Using newly releasedand consistently entertainingrecordings of Lyndon Johnson's and Richard Nixon's telephone conversations, she roots their efforts to mold the Court in their desire to protect their Presidencies The fierce ideological battlesbetween the executive, legislative, and judicial branchesthat ensued transformed the meaning of the Warren Court in American memory Despite the fact that the Court's decisions generally reflected public opinion, the surrounding debate