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Constitutional deliberation in Congress: the impact of judicial review in a separated system
In: Constitutional conflicts
In Constitutional Deliberation in Congress J. Mitchell Pickerill analyzes the impact of the Supreme Court's constitutional decisions on Congressional debates and statutory language. Based on a thorough examination of how Congress responds to key Court rulings and strategizes in anticipation of them, Pickerill argues that judicial review--or the possibility of it--encourages Congressional attention to constitutional issues. Revealing critical aspects of how laws are made, revised, and refined within the separated system of government of the United States, he makes an important contribution to "constitutionalism outside the courts" debates. Pickerill combines legislative histories, extensive empirical findings, and interviews with current and former members of Congress, congressional staff, and others. He examines data related to all of the federal legislation struck down by the Supreme Court from the beginning of the Warren Court in 1953 through the 1996 & -97 term of the Rehnquist Court. By looking at the legislative histories of Congressional acts that invoked the Commerce Clause and presented Tenth Amendment conflicts--such as the Child Labor Act (1916), the Civil Rights Act (1965), the Gun-Free School Zones Act (1990), and the Brady Bill (1994)--Pickerill illuminates how Congressional deliberation over newly proposed legislation is shaped by the possibility of judicial review. The Court's invalidation of the Gun-Free School Zones Act in its 1995 ruling United States v. Lopez signaled an increased judicial activism regarding issues of federalism. Pickerill examines that case and compares congressional debate over constitutional issues in key pieces of legislation that preceded and followed it: the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 and the Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 1997. He shows that Congressional attention to federalism increased in the 1990s along with the Court's greater scrutiny
Is the Roberts Court Business Friendly?
In: Business and the Roberts Court, S. 35-64
Neoconservative Politics and the Supreme Court: Law, Power and Democracy. By Stephen M. Feldman. New York: New York University Press, 2012. 235 p. $50.00
In: Perspectives on politics, Band 13, Heft 3, S. 864-866
ISSN: 1541-0986
The U.S. Supreme Court and New Federalism: From the Rehnquist Court to the Roberts Court, by Christopher Banks and John Blakeman
In: Publius: the journal of federalism, Band 44, Heft 4, S. e18-e18
ISSN: 1747-7107
Measuring Judicial Minimalism on the Roberts Court
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Law, Politics, and Democracy in the Twenty-first Century
In: Perspectives on politics, Band 9, Heft 2, S. 357-362
ISSN: 1541-0986
Political scientists have long rejected the old law and politics dichotomy and recognize instead that law and court decisions are inherently political in numerous ways. Still, courts are not the same as executive and legislative institutions, and law is not simply a synonym for politics or policy. Law and courts are distinct and yet connected to political processes and policy outcomes in complex and nuanced ways. The question for law and courts scholars, then, is how and why do political actors (with seemingly increasing frequency) turn to law and the judiciary to influence public policy, and what are the impacts of infusing law and courts into the US political process? The three recent books under review help to answer these questions.
Making Rights Real: Activists, Bureaucrats, and the Creation of the Legalistic State
In: Perspectives on politics, Band 9, Heft 2, S. 357-362
ISSN: 1541-0986
Direct Democracy and the Courts
In: Perspectives on politics, Band 9, Heft 2, S. 357-362
ISSN: 1541-0986
Law, Politics, and Democracy in the Twenty-first Century
In: Perspectives on politics: a political science public sphere, Band 9, Heft 2, S. 357-363
ISSN: 1537-5927
Enforcing Equality: Congress, the Constitution and the Protection of Individual Rights
In: Perspectives on politics, Band 6, Heft 1
ISSN: 1541-0986
Enforcing Equality: Congress, the Constitution and the Protection of Individual Rights
In: Perspectives on politics: a political science public sphere, Band 6, Heft 1, S. 183-184
ISSN: 1537-5927
BOOK REVIEWS AMERICAN POLITICS: Rebecca E. Zeitlow, Enforcing Equality: Congress, the Constitution and the Protection of Individual Rights
In: Perspectives on politics: a political science public sphere, Band 6, Heft 1, S. 183
ISSN: 1537-5927
The State of American Federalism 2010-2011: The Economy, Healthcare Reform and Midterm Elections Shape the Intergovernmental Agenda
In: Publius: the journal of federalism, Band 41, Heft 3, S. 361-394
ISSN: 1747-7107
Saying What the Law is: Measuring Judicial Review
In: APSA 2012 Annual Meeting Paper
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