Mere Machine - The Supreme Court, Congress, and American Democracy

Textbooks on American government tell us that the Supreme Court is independent from the elected branches, and that independent courts better protect rights than their more deferential counterparts. The author reports evidence showing that the Supreme Court is in fact deferential to congressional preferences in its constitutional rulings.

About the author

Anna Harvey is associate professor of political science at New York University. She lives in New York City.

Summary

Textbooks on American government tell us that the Supreme Court is independent from the elected branches, and that independent courts better protect rights than their more deferential counterparts. The author reports evidence showing that the Supreme Court is in fact deferential to congressional preferences in its constitutional rulings.

Product details

• Authors: Anna Harvey, Anna L. Harvey, Harvey Anna
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.11.2013
• EAN: 9780300171112
• ISBN: 978-0-300-17111-2
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, LAW / Judicial Power, Political structures: democracy, United States of America, USA, Judicial powers, Legal systems: judges and judicial powers