Lasser examines in detail four periods during which the Court was widely charged with overstepping its constitutional power: the late 1850s, with the Dred Scott

This book investigates the causes and consequences of congressional attacks on the US Supreme Court, arguing that the extent of public support for judicial inde

This major history of judicial review, revised to include the Rehnquist court, shows how modern courts have used their power to create new "rights with fateful

Lasser examines in detail four periods during which the Court was widely charged with overstepping its constitutional power: the late 1850s, with the Dred Scott