POSC 130g Lecture 6: POSC130 notes - lecture 6 (Constraints)
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Doctrinal constraints: limits on judicial power (laws of justiciability) Attributes = vague versus specific, credibility of signals -> (cid:498)cheap talk(cid:499) vs. (cid:498)strong signal(cid:499) > if they pass specific or multiple laws = they"re serious about the law. > textual analysis of the (cid:498)signal(cid:499) behavioral analysis, and (cid:498)judicial can"t(cid:499) (cid:523)e. g. fugitive slave. Institutional limits: external (checks and balances) The constrained court view versus the dynamic court view. Institutional constraints: limits on the courts that stem from. The way in which courts are internally organized (internal constraints) The way in which courts interact with other political actors (i. e. external constraints) National constituency mediated through the electoral college -> president. Federal courts (appointed for life with guaranteed salary) ^ advice + consent (senate), budgetary, legislative power (((as judicial policymaking has increases; the processes have become more politicized))) Rules of justiciability (both a doctrinal and institutional constraint) Galanter and (cid:498)why the haves come out ahead(cid:499) What are (cid:498)repeat players(cid:499) (cid:523)rp"s(cid:524) and (cid:498)one shotters(cid:499) (cid:523)os"s(cid:524)
