Engel, Stephen M.

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.


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Political questions and judicial power--United States.


United States--Politics and government.


Electronic books.

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342.73/044