American politicians confront the court opposition politics and changing responses to judicial power / [electronic resource] :
Stephen M. Engel.
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
- x, 395 p.
Includes index.
Beyond the countermajoritarian difficulty -- A developmental theory of politician's confrontations with judicial authority -- In support of Unified Governance : undermining the court in an anti-party age -- Party against partisanship : single-party constitutionalism and the quest for regime unity -- "As party exigencies require" : republicanism, loyal opposition, and the emerging legitimacy of multiple constitutional visions -- Clashing progressive solutions to the political problem of judicial power-- A polity fully-developed for harnessing (I) : living constitutionalism and the politicization of judicial appointment -- A polity fully-developed for harnessing (II) : a conservative insurgency and a self-stylized majoritarian court responds.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Political questions and judicial power--United States.