When courts & Congress collide : the struggle for control of America's judicial system / Charles Gardner Geyh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Geyh, Charles Gardner.

Contributor:

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judicial power--United States.

Judicial power.

United States.

Legislative power--United States.

Legislative power.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 332 pages)

Other Title:

When courts and Congress collide

Struggle for control of America's judicial system

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2006.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

When Congress threatens to "go nuclear" over judicial appointments, and lawmakers accuse judges of being "arrogant, out of control, and unaccountable,' many pundits proclaim a dim future for the autonomy of America's courts. But do we really understand the balance between judicial independence and Congress's desire to limit judicial reach? Charles Geyh's When Courts and Congress Collide is the most sweeping study of this question to date and an unprecedented analysis of the relationship between Congress and our federal courts.

Contents:

The origins of American judicial independence and accountability

Congressional oversight of the judicial branch and the emergence of customary independence

The decline and fall of impeachment as a means to control judicial decision making

Judicial appointments and the prospective accountability of judicial nominees to the U.S. Senate

The role of the courts in preserving customary independence

The dynamic equilibrium.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-322) and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

0472099221

9780472024568

Publisher Number:

10.3998/mpub.106478

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.