When courts and congress collide
Subtitle: the struggle for control of America's judicial system
By: Charles Gardner Geyh.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780472099221
Subjects: Judicial power -- United States; Legislative power -- United States
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The origins of American judicial independence and accountability; title: Congressional oversight of the judicial branch and the emergence of customary independence; title: The decline and fall of impeachment as a means to control judicial decision making; title: Judicial appointments and the prospective accountability of judicial nominees to the U.S. Senate; title: The role of the courts in preserving customary independence; title: The dynamic equilibrium.