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Author Harvey, Anna L. (Anna Lil), 1966- author.

Title A mere machine : the Supreme Court, Congress, and American democracy / Anna Harvey.

Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  347.7326 H262m 2013    ---  Available
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Description xvii, 366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-349) and index.
Contents The Supreme Court, Congress, and American democracy -- The Supreme Court, the elected branches, and the Constitution -- Estimating the effect of elected branch preferences on Supreme Court judgments -- The puzzle of the two Rehnquist courts -- Explaining the puzzle of the two Rehnquist courts -- Elected branch preferences, public opinion, or socioeconomic trends? -- Restoring the Court's missing docket -- Misreading the Roberts court -- What's so great about independent courts, anyway?
Subject United States. Supreme Court.
Judicial power -- United States.
Judicial independence -- United States.
Separation of powers -- United States.
Political questions and judicial power -- United States.
United States. Supreme Court. (OCoLC)fst00529481
Judicial independence. (OCoLC)fst00984681
Judicial power. (OCoLC)fst00984696
Political questions and judicial power. (OCoLC)fst01069674
Separation of powers. (OCoLC)fst01112740
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
ISBN 9780300205770 (pbk.)
0300205775 (pbk.)
9780300171112 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0300171110 (hbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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