The Supreme Court and the powers of the American Government / Joan Biskupic and Elder Witt.
1997
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Author
Title
The Supreme Court and the powers of the American Government / Joan Biskupic and Elder Witt.
Published
Washington, D.C. : Congressional Quarterly, [1997]
Copyright
©1997
Call Number
KF8742 .B55 1997
ISBN
1568023243
Description
434 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)35033534
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-398) and index.
Record Appears in
Added Author
Table of Contents
Preface
Ch. 1
The Court and Judicial Power
1
Federal Jurisdiction
3
Federal Judicial Power
13
Judicial Restraint
35
Ch. 2
The Court and the Powers of Congress
49
Judicial Review and Legislative Power
54
The Commerce Power
66
Fiscal and Monetary Powers
96
The Power over Foreign Affairs
112
The Power to Admit States, Govern Territories, and Grant Citizenship
120
The Power to Amend the Constitution
135
The Power to Investigate
140
The Power over Internal Affairs
149
Ch. 3
The Court and the Powers of the President
169
The Commander in Chief
172
The Architect of Foreign Policy
187
The President as Executive
196
The Power to Veto and to Pardon
207
Privilege and Immunity
215
Confrontation: The President Versus the Court
221
Ch. 4
The Court and the States
241
Judicial Review and the States
246
The States and the Economy
252
The State and the Individual
280
The State as Sovereign
296
Interstate Relations
311
Ch. 5
Congressional Pressure
321
Pressure on the Justices
324
Pressures on the Institution
335
Reversals of Rulings
344
Ch. 6
Presidential Pressure
357
Politics and Appointments
362
Reference Materials
375
Glossary of Legal Terms
377
Sources of Supreme Court Decisions
380
How to Read a Court Citation
381
Supreme Court Justices
382
Constitution of the United States
386
Selected Bibliography
393
Illustration Credits and Acknowledgments
399
Subject Index
401
Case Index
423