Courts and Congress

by Robert A. Katzmann

Book Overview

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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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815748655
• ISBN13: 9780815748656
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"