When Courts and Congress Collide
«As gripping for its historical insight as for its relevance in our world of contentious confirmation hearings and threats - real or perceived - against judicial independence. - Harvard Law Review ""Making a strong argument that our independent judiciary derives more from intrabranch and interbranch norms than from the text of the Constitution, the book raises some well-timed concerns about the withering of these norms.... The story that unfolds in its pages is interesting and provocative."" - Legislative Studies Section Newsletter, American Political Studies Association»
While Congress fights tooth and nail over countless judicial nominations, no federal judge has ever been impeached on the basis of their decision making. The explanation for this incongruity, Geyh suggests, is not the balance of powers, but a dynamic equilibrium: a constant give-and-take between Congressional efforts to control the judiciary, and historical norms of judicial independence. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- The University of Michigan Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780472069224
- Utgivelsesår
- 2008
Anmeldelser
«As gripping for its historical insight as for its relevance in our world of contentious confirmation hearings and threats - real or perceived - against judicial independence. - Harvard Law Review ""Making a strong argument that our independent judiciary derives more from intrabranch and interbranch norms than from the text of the Constitution, the book raises some well-timed concerns about the withering of these norms.... The story that unfolds in its pages is interesting and provocative."" - Legislative Studies Section Newsletter, American Political Studies Association»