Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Systemic Constitutional Dysfunction -- Part 1. WAR POWERS -- 1. War Is Justiciable, Until It Isn't -- 2. Suing to Save the War Powers Resolution -- Part 2. LEGISLATIVE PROCESSES -- 3. Legislative Processes Are Constitutional Questions -- 4. Courts Cannot Unknot Congress -- Part 3. MORE EXECUTIVE UNILATERALISM -- 5. Silence Is Consent for the Modern Presidency -- 6. So Sue Him -- Conclusion: Lawful but Awful -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index
Summary
"Farrier argues that U.S. political dysfunction is attributable to a permanent imbalance of power among the branches of government that transcends party alignments and political moods. She looks at a class of extra-legislative actions that challenges this imbalance and aims to restore proper functioning in the Madisonian system of checks and balances"-- Provided by publisher
Analysis
Congressional Participation in Litigation
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 24, 2020)
