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

Reports evidence showing that the Supreme Court is in fact extraordinarily deferential to congressional preferences in its constitutional rulings. Analyzing cross-national evidence, this book finds that the rights protections enjoyed in the United States appear to be largely due to the fact that they do not have an independent Supreme Court.

About the author

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

Summary

Reports evidence showing that the Supreme Court is in fact extraordinarily deferential to congressional preferences in its constitutional rulings. Analyzing cross-national evidence, this book finds that the rights protections enjoyed in the United States appear to be largely due to the fact that they do not have an independent Supreme Court.

Product details

• Authors: Anna Harvey, Anna L. Harvey, Harvey Anna
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.07.2014
• EAN: 9780300205770
• ISBN: 978-0-300-20577-0
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: 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