Courts and Congress - Hardcover

Robert A. Katzmann

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0815748663 ISBN 13: 9780815748663

Publisher: Brookings Institution Press, 1997

Synopsis

What role should the Senate play in the selection and confirmation of judges? What criteria are appropriate in evaluating nominees? What kinds of questions and answers are appropriate in confirmation hearings? How do judges interpret laws enacted by Congress, and what problems do they face? And what kinds of communications are proper between judges and legislators? These questions go to the heart of the relationship between the federal judiciary and Congress a relationship that critically shapes the administration of justice. The judiciary needs an environment respectful of its mission; and the legislative branch seeks a judicial system that faithfully construes its laws and efficiently discharges justice. But the judicial-congressional relationship is hindered by an array of issues, including an ever-rising judicial caseload, federalization of the law, resource constraints, concerns about the confirmation process, increasing legislative scrutiny of judicial decisionmaking and the administration of justice, and debates about how the courts should interpret legislation.Drawing on the world of scholarship and from personal experience, Robert A. Katzmann examines governance in judicial-congressional relations. After identifying problems, he offers ways to improve understanding between the two branches. Copublished with the Governance Institute

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What role should the Senate play in the selection and confirmation of judges? What criteria should be used to evaluate nominees? What kinds of questions and answers are appropriate in confirmation hearings? What problems do judges face as they interpret laws enacted by Congress? And what kinds of communications are proper between judges and legislators? Drawing on the world of scholarship and from personal experience, Robert A. Katzmann examines governance in judicial-congressional relations. After identifying problems, he offers ways to improve understanding between the two branches.

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Katzmann (government, law, and public policy, Georgetown U.) draws on scholarship and his own experiences working for both courts and legislators to examine the often contentious relationship between the two branches of the US government. He finds that the Congress gives the courts more work without resources to accomplish it, then threatens to int

About this edition

• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0815748663
• ISBN 13: 9780815748663
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 184