Constitutional Deliberation in Congress

"Legal scholars have recently questioned judicial review on the ground that constitutional deliberation should be returned to the people and their political representatives. Drawing from case studies of several federal statutes invalidated by the Supreme Court, Mitch Pickerill thoughtfully suggests that serious constitutional discourse in the legislature is unlikely unless the Court continues to exercise its power of judicial review. I found his argumentation persuasive as well as informative." Constitutional Deliberation in Congress" is well worth reading by lawyers as well as by students of American government."--William N. Eskridge Jr., Yale Law School

J. Mitchell Pickerill as an assistant professor of political science at Washington State University.