Harvey, Anna L.  1966- <br/><br/>
A mere machine :  the Supreme Court, Congress, and American democracy / 
Anna Harvey. 
 - New Haven :  Yale University Press,  [2013] 
 - 1 online resource (385 p.) :  ill. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780300171112 (clothbound : alk. paper) 9780300199192 (e-book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Supreme Court. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Judicial power--United States.<br/>Judicial independence--United States.<br/>Separation of powers--United States.<br/>Political questions and judicial power--United States.