| One of the most significant interactions in American government is that between Congress and the Supreme Court. Yet there is much we do not understand about the relationships between these two branches. Under what circumstances does Congress take action to override Supreme Court decisions? If Congress does take action, under what circumstances is this action successful?; To answer these questions, this dissertation examines the process that occurs following the rendering of a Supreme Court decision over a wide range of issue areas over a significant period of time. Previous research has focused mostly on single issue areas and decisions that Congress successfully overrode, omitting Court decisions that Congress chose not to override or on which it failed in the attempt to do so. To develop a more complete explanation of the interaction between Congress and the Court, I examine all Supreme Court cases decided from 1989 to 2000 in which full opinions were issued. |
