Overruled? : Legislative Overrides, Pluralism, and Contemporary Court-Congress Relations / Jeb Barnes.
2022
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Title
Overruled? : Legislative Overrides, Pluralism, and Contemporary Court-Congress Relations / Jeb Barnes.
Imprint
Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]
Copyright
©2004
Description
1 online resource (232 p.) : 31 tables, 20 figures
Formatted Contents Note
Frontmatter
Contents
Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
Background
1. The Questions, Debate, and Overview
2. Overrides in Contemporary U.S. Policy-Making: Promise and Current Understanding
Part I. Do Overrides Matter?
3. Assumptions and Hypotheses
4. Data, Methods, and Findings
Part II. What Patterns of Court-Congress Relations Underlie the Override Process?
5. A Typology of Override Scenarios
6. Operationalization of Typology, Findings, and Discussion
7. Under What Conditions . . . ? Patterns and Hypotheses
Conclusion
8. Broader Implications and Avenues for Future Inquiry
Appendix. Summary of Overrides Analyzed
Index
Contents
Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
Background
1. The Questions, Debate, and Overview
2. Overrides in Contemporary U.S. Policy-Making: Promise and Current Understanding
Part I. Do Overrides Matter?
3. Assumptions and Hypotheses
4. Data, Methods, and Findings
Part II. What Patterns of Court-Congress Relations Underlie the Override Process?
5. A Typology of Override Scenarios
6. Operationalization of Typology, Findings, and Discussion
7. Under What Conditions . . . ? Patterns and Hypotheses
Conclusion
8. Broader Implications and Avenues for Future Inquiry
Appendix. Summary of Overrides Analyzed
Index
Summary
Since the mid-1970s, Congress has passed hundreds of overrides-laws that explicitly seek to reverse or modify judicial interpretations of statutes. Whether front-page news or not, overrides serve potentially vital functions in American policy-making. Federal statutes-and court cases interpreting them-often require revision. Some are ambiguous, some conflict, and others are obsolete. Under these circumstances, overrides promise Congress a means to repair flawed statutes, reconcile discordant court decisions, and reverse errant judicial interpretations. Overrides also allow dissatisfied litigants to revisit issues and raise concerns in Congress that courts have overlooked. Of course, promising is one thing and delivering is quite another. Accordingly, this book asks: Do overrides, in fact, effectively clarify the law, reverse objectionable judicial statutory interpretations, and broaden deliberation on contested issues? The answers provide new insights into the complex role of overrides in U.S. policy-making and in the politics of contemporary court-Congress relations.
Language Note
In English.
Available Note
Issued also in print.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2022)
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DeGruyter online
Language
English
ISBN
9780804767200
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