the struggle for control of America's judicial system /
Charles Gardner Geyh
Ann Arbor :
University of Michigan Press,
c2006
xii, 332 p. ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-322) and index
The origins of American judicial independence and accountability -- Congressional oversight of the judicial branch and the emergence of customary independence -- The decline and fall of impeachment as a means to control judicial decision making -- Judicial appointments and the prospective accountability of judicial nominees to the U.S. Senate -- The role of the courts in preserving customary independence -- The dynamic equilibrium