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Informationen zum Autor Neal Devins and Keith E. Whittington, eds. Klappentext Essays contest notion of the absolute preeminence of judicial review in constitutional interpretation, analyzing the role of Congress as a constitutional interpreter and responsible constitutional agent. Zusammenfassung Essays contest the notion of the absolute preeminence of judicial review in constitutional interpretation! analyzing the role of Congress as a constitutional interpreter and responsible constitutional agent Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments vii Introduction / Neal Devins and Keith E. Whittington 1 Prolegomena for a Sampler: Extrajudicial Interpretation of the Constitution, 1789–1861 / David P. Currie 18 Congressional Attitudes toward Constitutional Interpretation / Bruce G. Peabody 39 Constitutional Analysis by Congressional Staff Agencies / Louis Fisher 64 Hearing about the Constitution in Congressional Committees / Keith E. Whittington 87 The Federal Appointments Process as Constitutional Interpretation / Michael J. Gerhardt 110 Lawyers in Congress / John C. Yoo 131 Congressional Responses to Judicial Review / J. Mitchell Pickerill 151 Court, Congress, and Civil Rights / Michael J. Klarman 173 Quasi-Constitutional Law: The Rise of Super-Statutes / William N. Eskridge Jr. and John Ferejohn 198 Congressional Fact Finding and the Scope of Judicial Review / Neal Devins 220 Institutional Design of a Thayerian Congress / Elizabeth Garrett and Adrian Vermeule 242 Evaluating Congressional Constitutional Interpretation: Some Criteria and Two Informal Case Studies / Mark Tushnet 269 Can Congress Be Trusted with the Constitution? The Effects of Incentives and Procedures / Barbara Sinclair 293 About the Contributors 313 Index 315
