Author: Colton C. Campbell
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 0585389020
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The Supreme Court is frequently portrayed as an isolated entity void of politics that reaches judgments by some unseen and unknowable logic. At the same time, Congress is cast as a singularly political enterprise with little regard for nuanced lawmaking. This volume of original essays by leading scholars shows both branches in a new light. It explores the impact of sustained partisan politics, the recent reassertion of legislative power at the expense of judicial review, and the sometimes stormy relationship between Congress and the Court.
Congress Confronts the Court
The Court Vs. Congress
Author: Edward Keynes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Since the early 1960s the Supreme Court and its congressional critics have been locked in a continuing dispute over the issues of school prayer, busing, and abortion. Although for years the Court's congressional foes have introduced legislation designed to curb the powers of the federal courts in these areas, they have until now failed to enact such proposals. It is likely that these legislative efforts and the present confrontation with the Court will continue. Edward Keynes and Randall Miller argue that Congress lacks the constitutional power to legislate away the powers of the federal courts and to prevent individuals from seeking redress for presumed infringements of their constitutional rights in these areas. They demonstrate that neither the framers nor ratifiers of the Constitution intended the Congress to exercise plenary power over the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. Throughout its history the Court has never conceded unlimited powers to Congress; and until the late 1950s Congress had not attempted to gerrymander the Court's jurisdiction in response to specific decisions. But the authors contend this is just what the sponsors of recent legislative attacks on the Court intend, and they see such efforts as threatening the Court's independence and authority as defined in the separation of powers clauses of the Constitution.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Since the early 1960s the Supreme Court and its congressional critics have been locked in a continuing dispute over the issues of school prayer, busing, and abortion. Although for years the Court's congressional foes have introduced legislation designed to curb the powers of the federal courts in these areas, they have until now failed to enact such proposals. It is likely that these legislative efforts and the present confrontation with the Court will continue. Edward Keynes and Randall Miller argue that Congress lacks the constitutional power to legislate away the powers of the federal courts and to prevent individuals from seeking redress for presumed infringements of their constitutional rights in these areas. They demonstrate that neither the framers nor ratifiers of the Constitution intended the Congress to exercise plenary power over the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. Throughout its history the Court has never conceded unlimited powers to Congress; and until the late 1950s Congress had not attempted to gerrymander the Court's jurisdiction in response to specific decisions. But the authors contend this is just what the sponsors of recent legislative attacks on the Court intend, and they see such efforts as threatening the Court's independence and authority as defined in the separation of powers clauses of the Constitution.
Congress V. the Supreme Court
Author: Raoul Berger
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Press
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Annotated text examines the legitimacy of judicial review.
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Press
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Annotated text examines the legitimacy of judicial review.
Congress
Author: Charles Warren
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
American Politicians Confront the Court
Author: Stephen M. Engel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139498061
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
Politicians have long questioned, or even been openly hostile to, the legitimacy of judicial authority, but that authority seems to have become more secure over time. What explains the recurrence of hostilities and yet the security of judicial power? Addressing this question anew, Stephen Engel points to the gradual acceptance of dissenting views of the Constitution, that is, the legitimacy and loyalty of stable opposition. Politicians' changing perception of the threat posed by opposition influenced how manipulations of judicial authority took shape. Engel's book brings our understanding of these manipulations into line with other developments, such as the establishment of political parties, the acceptance of loyal opposition, the development of different modes of constitutional interpretation and the emergence of rights-based pluralism.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139498061
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
Politicians have long questioned, or even been openly hostile to, the legitimacy of judicial authority, but that authority seems to have become more secure over time. What explains the recurrence of hostilities and yet the security of judicial power? Addressing this question anew, Stephen Engel points to the gradual acceptance of dissenting views of the Constitution, that is, the legitimacy and loyalty of stable opposition. Politicians' changing perception of the threat posed by opposition influenced how manipulations of judicial authority took shape. Engel's book brings our understanding of these manipulations into line with other developments, such as the establishment of political parties, the acceptance of loyal opposition, the development of different modes of constitutional interpretation and the emergence of rights-based pluralism.
Congress Against the Court
Author: Adam Carlyle Breckenridge
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Congressional Record
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1462
Book Description
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1462
Book Description
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Courting Disaster
Author: Pat Robertson
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN:
Category : Christianity and law
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Sams Local 10-4-2004 $25.95.
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN:
Category : Christianity and law
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Sams Local 10-4-2004 $25.95.
Is Reality Optional?
Author: Thomas Sowell
Publisher: Hoover Press
ISBN: 0817992669
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Sowell challenges all the assumptions of contemporary liberalism on issues ranging from the economy to race to education in this collection of controversial essays, and captures his thoughts on politics, race, and common sense with a section at the end for thought-provoking quotes.
Publisher: Hoover Press
ISBN: 0817992669
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Sowell challenges all the assumptions of contemporary liberalism on issues ranging from the economy to race to education in this collection of controversial essays, and captures his thoughts on politics, race, and common sense with a section at the end for thought-provoking quotes.
Defending Congress and the Constitution
Author: Louis Fisher
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780700617982
Category : Separation of powers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The nation's most important and prolific constitutional scholar presents an articulate, passionate, and persuasive defense of Congress as an institution. The culmination of four decades of research and service, this book provides a lucid primer on our nation's government while advocating a robust reassertion of Congress's rightful role.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780700617982
Category : Separation of powers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The nation's most important and prolific constitutional scholar presents an articulate, passionate, and persuasive defense of Congress as an institution. The culmination of four decades of research and service, this book provides a lucid primer on our nation's government while advocating a robust reassertion of Congress's rightful role.