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Author Baird, Vanessa A., 1970-

Title Answering the call of the court : how justices and litigants set the Supreme Court agenda / Vanessa A. Baird.

Publication Info. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2007.

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 Moore Stacks  KF8742 .B293 2007    Available  ---
Description xii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series Constitutionalism and democracy
Constitutionalism and democracy.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-217) and index.
Contents The Supreme Court in the U.S. legal system : appeals and case selection -- Explaining the Supreme Court's policy cycles -- Immigrants' rights, welfare, and federalism -- Cyclical patterns on the Supreme Court's agenda -- Corroborative analyses : the political and legal context of the Supreme Court -- The impact of moderate justices' preferences on the ideological placement of future cases.
Subject United States. Supreme Court.
United States. Supreme Court.
Judicial process -- United States.
Judicial process.
United States.
Political questions and judicial power -- United States.
Political questions and judicial power.
ISBN 0813925827 cloth alkaline paper
9780813925820 cloth alkaline paper