The President and the Supreme Court
Going Public on Judicial Decisions from Washington to Trump
Published on 9. January 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
284 pages
978-1-108-72389-3 (ISBN)
Description
When presidents take positions on pending Supreme Court cases or criticize the Court's decisions, they are susceptible to being attacked for acting as bullies and violating the norm of judicial independence. Why then do presidents target Supreme Court decisions in their public appeals? In this book, Paul M. Collins, Jr and Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha argue that presidents discuss the Court's decisions to demonstrate their responsiveness to important matters of public policy and to steer the implementation of the Court's decisions. Using data from Washington to Trump, they show that, far from being bullies, presidents discuss cases to promote their re-election, policy goals, and historical legacies, while attempting to affect the impact of Court decisions on the bureaucracy, Congress, the media, and the public.
Reviews / Votes
'Given the background that both authors bring to this project, it is not a surprise that the book succeeds in providing an excellent analysis of an ambitious topic ...' Lisa M. Holme, Congress & the Presidency, Volume 48, Issue 2 'Collins and Eshbaugh-Soha have contributed greatly to the work on executive-judicial relations by documenting and compiling a database of presidential public comments.' Katherine Vigilante, Perspectives on Politics 'Collins and Eshbaugh-Soha's book is well written and would be an excellent addition to any undergraduate or graduate course on American political institutions. It is straight-forward, easy to follow, and rich with examples that provide helpful context.' Elizabeth Lane, Law and Politics Book ReviewMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-72389-3 (9781108723893)
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Paul M. Collins, Jr | Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha
The President and the Supreme Court
Going Public on Judicial Decisions from Washington to Trump
Book
01/2020
Cambridge University Press
€126.50
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Persons
Paul M. Collins, Jr is Professor of Political Science and Legal Studies and the Director of Legal Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has published extensively on the US Supreme Court in a variety of journals and is also the author of two award-winning books: Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings and Constitutional Change (Cambridge, 2013), co-authored with Lori A. Ringhand, and Friends of the Supreme Court: Interest Groups and Judicial Decision Making (2008).
Content
1. Going public and the Supreme Court; 2. Going public on pending decisions; 3. Going public on decided cases; 4. The tone of presidential rhetoric on Supreme Court decisions; 5. Presidential calls to Congress; 6. Presidential leadership of news coverage; 7. Presidents and public opinion; 8. Going public on Supreme Court cases before the modern presidency; 9. Conclusions.