A mere machine : the Supreme Court, Congress, and American democracy - Harvey, Anna L. (Anna Lil), 1966- (New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013)
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?
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: United States. -- Supreme Court; Judicial power -- United States; Judicial independence -- United States; Separation of powers -- United States; Political questions and judicial power -- United States