May it Please the President: Comparing Judicial and Executive Policy Agendas

• In Event: JSS SESSION: U.S. Federal Judicial Politics

Brief Overview

Extending Constrained Court theory, I argue that the Court’s decisions closely reflect the policy agenda of the President, and that the Solicitor General’s growing role in oral arguments and as amicus reflects this growth of executive power.

Author

• Christine C Bird, The University of Texas at Austin