Congress and the Courts : Current Policy Issues.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress--Powers and duties.

United States.

United States. Congress.

Constitutional law.

Judges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (54 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2005.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Summarizes the constitutional authority of Congress and the judiciary, including the court's role as legislative-executive "umpire" and Federal-State "referee" in our constitutional system, its role in statutory interpretation, and the diverse ways Congress may "check and balance" the judiciary. Reviews current controversies associated with the judicial nominations process, describes the "nuclear" or "constitutional" option for ending judicial filibusters and the compromise that averted use of this procedural maneuver in the Senate; and presents several observations about the judicial nominations process.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Congress and the Courts

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