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Courts and Congress

Robert A. Katzmann

What role should the Senate play in the selection and confirmation of judges? What criteria are appropriate in evaluating nominees? What kinds of questions and answers are appropriate in confirmation hearings? How do judges interpret laws enacted by Congress, and what problems do they face? And what...

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Strict Scrutiny

This book discusses the relationship between the courts and Congress, emphasizing inter-branch dialogue. One speaker noted that Judge Katzman's pragmatic approach to statutory interpretation stemmed partly from this background.

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I think his pragmatic approach to the interpretation of statutes stemmed in part from his background exploring the relationship between courts and Congress and I think it came from an interest in inte...

— Episode: Presto!

Episode: Presto!

This book discusses the relationship between the courts and Congress, emphasizing inter-branch dialogue. One speaker noted that Judge Katzman's pragmatic approach to statutory interpretation stemmed partly from this background.

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I think his pragmatic approach to the interpretation of statutes stemmed in part from his background exploring the relationship between courts and Congress and I think it came from an interest in inter branch comedy or and making sure that the judiciary respected the legislature's work product and so would look into how that legislative work product had actually been produced and interpret statutes in a way that was sensitive to that.

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