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_b.C58 2011
100 1 _aClark, Thomas S.
_d1980-
245 1 4 _aThe limits of judicial independence
_cTom S. Clark.
260 _aCambridge;
_aNew York:
_bCambridge University Press;
_c2011.
300 _axvii, 334 p.:
_bill.;
_c24 cm.
490 0 _aPolitical economy of institutions and decisions
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 299-312) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- A political history of court-curbing -- Conditional self-restraint -- Court-curbing and the electoral connection -- Public support and judicial review -- Ideological implications of court-curbing -- The limits of judicial independence.
520 _a"This book investigates the causes and consequences of congressional attacks on the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that the extent of public support for judicial independence constitutes the practical limit of judicial independence. First, the book presents a historical overview of Court-curbing proposals in Congress. Then, building on interviews with Supreme Court justices, members of Congress, and judicial and legislative staffers, as well as existing research, the book theorizes that congressional attacks are driven by public discontent with the Court. From this theoretical model, predictions are derived about the decision to engage in Court-curbing and judicial responsiveness to Court-curbing activity in Congress. The Limits of Judicial Independence draws on illustrative archival evidence, systematic analysis of an original dataset of Court-curbing proposals introduced in Congress from 1877 onward, and judicial decisions. This evidence demonstrates that Court-curbing is driven primarily by public opposition to the Court, and that the Court responds to those proposals by engaging in self-restraint and moderating its decisions"--
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bSupreme Court
_xPublic opinion.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bSupreme Court
_xHistory.
650 0 _aJudicial independence
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aJudgments
_zUnited States
_xPublic opinion.
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