Congressional participation as amicus curiae before the U.S. Supreme Court
By: Judithanne Scourfield McLauchlan
Series: American legal institutions
Publisher: LFB Scholarly Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
Subjects: United States. -- Supreme Court -- Rules and practice; United States. -- Congress -- Membership; Amicus curiae -- United States; Legislators -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-255) and indexes
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Congress befriends the court; title: Members of Congress as "friends of the court"; title: Choosing when to file; title: Congressional motivations for filing amicus curiae briefs before the U.S. Supreme Court; title: When Congress speaks, does the Supreme Court listen?; title: Congressional amici and the future of Congress-court relations