Judicial independence is generally understood as requiring that judges must be insulated from political life. The central claim of this work is that far from st

This book investigates the causes and consequences of congressional attacks on the US Supreme Court, arguing that the extent of public support for judicial inde

2011 Winner of the Selection for Professional Reading List of the U.S. Marine Corps The judiciary in the United States has been subject in recent years to incre

This volume is a collection of essays on the contentious issues of judicial independence and federal judicial selection, written by leading scholars from the di

Explains when, why, and how citizens try to limit the Supreme Court's independence and power-- and why it matters.