When Courts & Congress Collide

by Geyh, Charles Gardner

• ISBN13: 9780472099221
• ISBN10: 0472099221
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-03-01
• Publisher: Univ of Michigan Pr

Summary

When Congress threatens to "go nuclear" over judicial appointments, and lawmakers accuse judges of being "arrogant, out of control, and unaccountable,' many pundits proclaim a dim future for the autonomy of America's courts. But do we really understand the balance between judicial independence and Congress's desire to limit judicial reach? Charles Geyh's When Courts and Congress Collide is the most sweeping study of this question to date and an unprecedented analysis of the relationship between Congress and our federal courts. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Charles Gardner Geyh is John F. Kimberling Professor of Law at Indiana University at Bloomington

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(22)
The Origins of American Judicial Independence and Accountability	23	(28)
Congressional Oversight of the Judicial Branch and the Emergence of Customary Independence	51	(62)
The Decline and Fall of Impeachment as a Means to Control Judicial Decision Making	113	(58)
Judicial Appointments and the Prospective Accountability of Judicial Nominees to the U.S. Senate	171	(52)
The Role of the Courts in Preserving Customary Independence	223	(30)
The Dynamic Equilibrium	253	(30)
Notes	283	(40)
Index	323