Institutional conflict and cooperation
CLEP American Government, Chapter 5 Institutional conflict and cooperation The branches are designed to have different powers, constituencies, time horizons, and incentives. House members face frequent elections, senators serve longer terms, the president has a national electoral base, and Article III judges hold office during good behavior. Those differences can produce genuine constitutional rivalry as […]
Judicial review
CLEP American Government, Chapter 5 Judicial review Judicial review is the authority of courts to apply the Constitution as higher law and refuse effect to conflicting government action in cases properly before them. Marbury v. Madison supplied the canonical early federal statement of the principle, though ideas and practices of judicial review had earlier roots. […]
