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

Geyh, Charles Gardner.

When courts & Congress collide : the struggle for control of America's judicial system / When courts and Congress collide Charles Gardner Geyh ; with a new preface and a foreword by Sandra Day O'Connor. - 1st pbk. ed. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2008. - xxii, 332 p. ; 23 cm.

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.

9780472069224 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0472069225 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Judicial power--United States.
Legislative power--United States.
Poder judicial--Estados Unidos
Poder legislativo--Estados Unidos


Estados Unidos--Congreso

KF 5130 / G397w 2008