Forrest A Maltzman

Advice and Dissent: The Struggle to Shape the Federal Judiciary

For better or worse, federal judges in the United States today are asked to resolve some of the nation's most important and contentious public policy issues. Although some hold onto the notion that federal judges are simply neutral arbiters of complex legal questions, the justices who serve on the S...

Crafting Law on the Supreme Court: The Collegial Game by Forrest Maltzman (2000-07-03)

The Constrained Court: Law, Politics, and the Decisions Justices Make [Paperback] [2011] (Author) Michael A. Bailey, Forrest Maltzman

[(Crafting Law on the Supreme Court: The Collegial Game )] [Author: Forrest Maltzman] [Nov-2008]

By Forrest Maltzman Competing Principals: Committees, Parties, and the Organization of Congress [Paperback]

Competing Principals: Committees, Parties, and the Organization of Congress

Since Woodrow Wilson, political scientists have recognized the importance of congressional committees in the policy-making process. Congressional committees often determine what legislation will reach the floor of the House or Senate and what form that legislation will take. In spite of the broad co...

The Constrained Court: Law, Politics, and the Decisions Justices Make

How do Supreme Court justices decide their cases? Do they follow their policy preferences? Or are they constrained by the law and by other political actors? The Constrained Court combines new theoretical insights and extensive data analysis to show that law and politics together shape the behavior o...

Crafting Law on the Supreme Court: The Collegial Game

In Crafting Law on the Supreme Court, Maltzman, Spriggs, and Wahlbeck use material gleaned from internal memos circulated among justices on the U.S. Supreme Court to systematically account for the building of majority opinions. The authors argue that at the heart of this process are justices whose d...

Crafting Law on the Supreme Court: The Collegial Game

Crafting Law on the Supreme Court: The Collegial Game

Competing Principals: Committees, Parties, & the Organization of Congress