When courts & Congress collide [electronic resource] : the struggle for control of America's judicial system / Charles Gardner Geyh ; with a new preface and a foreword by Sandra Day O'Connor.
By: Geyh, Charles Gardner.
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BookPublisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2008Edition: 1st pbk. ed.Description: xxii, 332 p. ; 23 cm.Other title: When courts and Congress collide.Subject(s): Judicial power -- United States | Legislative power -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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