The Supreme Court, Congress, and American democracy -- The Supreme Court, the elected branches, and the Constitution -- Estimating the effect of elected branch preferences on Supreme Court judgments -- The puzzle of the two Rehnquist courts -- Explaining the puzzle of the two Rehnquist courts -- Elected branch preferences, public opinion, or socioeconomic trends? -- Restoring the Court's missing docket -- Misreading the Roberts court -- What's so great about independent courts, anyway?
Summary
In this work, the author reports evidence showing that the Supreme Court is in fact extraordinarily deferential to congressional preferences in its constitutional rulings