Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Prolegomena for a Sampler: Extrajudicial Interpretation of the Constitution, 1789–1861 18
6. Congressional Attitudes toward Constitutional Interpretation 39
7. Constitutional Analysis by Congressional Staff Agencies 64
8. Hearing about the Constitution in Congressional Committees 87
9. The Federal Appointments Process as Constitutional Interpretation 110
10. Lawyers in Congress 131
11. Congressional Responses to Judicial Review 151
12. Court, Congress, and Civil Rights 173
13. Quasi-Constitutional Law: The Rise of Super-Statutes 198
14. Congressional Fact Finding and the Scope of Judicial Review 220
15. Institutional Design of a Thayerian Congress 242
16. Evaluating Congressional Constitutional Interpretation: Some Criteria and Two Informal Case Studies 269
17. Can Congress Be Trusted with the Constitution? The Effects of Incentives and Procedures 293
18. About the Contributors 313
19. Index 315