The Constitution of the United States

A Brief Overview of the Supreme Court

The Court and Constitutional Interpretation

Robert H. Bork, "Neutral Principles and Some First Amendment Problems," Indiana Law Journal 47:1 (Fall 1971), 187-218.

Bruce Ackerman, "The Living Constitution," Harvard Law Review 120:7 (May 2007), 1737-1812.

Kenneth Anderson, "Foreign Law and the U.S. Constitution," Policy Review 131 (June-July 2005).

Tracey E. George and Lee Epstein, "On the Nature of Supreme Court Decisionmaking," American Political Science Review 86:2 (June 1992), 323-337.  **Must access through a USCA network computer

Congressional Research Service, 2005, Supreme Court Appointment Process: Roles of the President, Judiciary Committee, and Senate, RL31989: Washington, DC.

Montgomery N. Kosma, "Measuring the Influence of Supreme Court Justices," The Journal of Legal Studies 27:2 (June 1998), 333-372.  **Must access through a USCA network computer

Jeffrey A. Segal, Richard J. Timpone, and Robert N. Howard, "Buyer Beware?  Presidential Success Through Supreme Court Appointments," Political Research Quarterly 53:3 (September 2000), 557-573.  **Must access through a USCA network computer

Chris W. Bonneau, Thomas H. Hammond, Forrest Maltzman and Paul J. Wahlbeck, "Agenda Control, the Median Justice, and the Majority Opinion on the U.S. Supreme Court," American Journal of Political Science 51:4 (October 2007), 890-905.  **Must access through a USCA network computer

Stephen C. Halpern and Kenneth N. Vines, "Institutional Disunity, the Judges'  Bill and the Role of the U.S. Supreme Court," The Western Political Quarterly 30:4 (December 1977), 471-483.  **Must access through a USCA network computer

Thomas R. Marshall, "Policymaking and the Modern Court: When Do Supreme Court Rulings Prevail?" The Western Political Quarterly 42:4 (December 1989), 493-507.  **Must access through a USCA network computer