"The writers of the US Constitution called for federal courts to judge cases according to the Constitution and the laws passed by Congress. Article III empowers the Supreme Court and federal courts to judge controversies between different states and their citizens. In this important and fascinating volume, readers will learn about the ways the US court system helps balance governmental powers as well as protects the rights of citizens. Modern and...

In the first systematic examination of the role and impact of visiting judges, 'Borrowed Judges' analyzes the U.S. courts of appeals' use of judges who visit from other circuits and in-circuit district judges, along with the courts' own senior judges. It shows the considerable variation in the extent to which these judges are used and their role in writing the law of the circuit. It also shows whether their presence affects courts in rehearing cases...

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! What is the judicial branch? It's the part of government that's in charge of our courts. But just what do the courts do? And how do they affect your daily life? Read this book to find out.

"The Supreme Court's decisions on constitutional rights are well known and much talked about. But individuals who want to defend those rights need something else as well: access to courts that can rule on their complaints. And on matters of access, the Court's record over the past generation has been almost uniformly hostile to the enforcement of individual citizens' constitutional rights. The Court has restricted who has standing to sue, expanded...

Co-founder of The Carlyle Group and patriotic philanthropist David M. Rubenstein takes readers on a sweeping journey across the grand arc of the American story through revealing conversations with our greatest historians. In these lively dialogues, the biggest names in American history explore the subjects they've come to so intimately know and understand: David McCullough on John Adams, Jon Meacham on Thomas Jefferson, Ron Chernow on Alexander Hamilton,...

"The Judicial System is designed to help the reader cope with that complexity. As this volume hopefully makes clear to the reader, the basic constitutional documents of America's federal and state governments intentionally allowed for the evolution of the nation's judicial system. It discusses the history and background of the U.S. judicial system and the political factors that have shaped its character over the decades. It spans from the colonial...