Describe The Role That Courts Play In The US System Of Government And Politics

This chapter describes the role that courts play in the U.S. system of government and politics. It focuses on three main issues:
• The power problem for the federal courts is legitimacy: the legitimacy of judicial power in a democratic system of government.
• The increased power of the judiciary: the judiciary was originally called the
“least dangerous” branch of government but court critics now refer to an
“imperial judiciary.”
• The courts as government institutions: the relationship between law and