The President and the Supreme Court

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-108-72389-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Collins, Paul M

Collins, Jr, Paul M.

Eshbaugh-Soha, Matthew

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Staats- und Regierungsformen, Staatslehre
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Collins, Jr, Paul M.
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).

Eshbaugh-Soha, Matthew
Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha is Department Chair and Professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas. His research focuses on American political institutions, specifically the presidency and mass media, and public policy. He is the author of nearly three dozen scholarly articles and two books: The President's Speeches: Beyond 'Going Public' (2006) and Breaking through the Noise: Presidential Leadership, Public Opinion, and the News Media, co-authored with Jeffrey S. Peake (2011).