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.