Books written by Robert J. McKeever

  • Politics USA

    ... either by going out of his way to provoke the Senate (Carswell, Bork), or by picking someone with a possible ... Court's 1973 abortion decision, they have not squarely reversed it, as both presidents Reagan and George H. Bush urged.

  • Raw Judicial Power?: The Supreme Court and American Society

    On this issue , however , there was an important difference . Normally , the only way to reverse a Supreme Court decision is by constitutional amendment , a rare and difficult process . In Furman , however , the majority ...

  • A Brief Introduction to US Politics

    Koenig, 1996, p.181 Koenig hasin mindthat total presidential control of the bureaucracy could and sometimes does lead to presidential abuse ofthatpower. President Nixon,for example, put pressure upon the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ...

  • Politics USA

    Koenig writes that: It is good for democracy but bad for an effective presidency – though byno means alwaysfor either – that the chief executivepossesses a highly imperfect capacityto induce the vast officialdom ofthe executivebranch ...

  • A Brief Introduction to US Politics

    Beginning with a brief overview of American society today, the book introduces the constitutional framework of American politics and the fluid concept and practice of federalism.

  • The United States Supreme Court: A Political and Legal Analysis

    This lucidly-written text is aimed at students and teachers of American politics who have little or no previous knowledge of the United States Supreme Court, the third co-equal branch of national government.

  • The United States Supreme Court: A Political and Legal Analysis

    This book provides an accessible but thorough account of the US Supreme Court and its influence on American society and political life. The United States Supreme Court plays a controversial role in American politics.