In 1962, Rep. John Bell Williams of Mississippi introduces parallel resolutions of impeachment against Chief Justice Earl Warren and President John F. Kennedy in the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Williams asserts that Warren had earned removal by his 'unconstitutional and immoral' decision in 1954's Brown v. Board of Education and that Kennedy had violated his oath of office and corrupted the Constitution by using federal troops to enforce that decision.

Many Democrats, even among the House's Southern contingent, regard Williams as a crank. They are surprised, as are outside observers, when a growing number of congressmen of both parties step forward in support of one or both of Williams' resolutions. Both Warren and Kennedy are deeply resented by many on the right, who see Rep. Williams' move as a chance to do something about it.