Academic highlight: Congressional overrides of Supreme Court decisions

In 1991, Professor Bill Eskridge published a landmark empirical study showing that Congress frequently overrode the Supreme Court’s statutory interpretation decisions.  Eskridge’s findings, which surprised almost everyone at the time, support the now well-accepted conclusion that the Court and Congress are in constant dialogue with each other, meaning that neither institution can claim the last word … Continue reading Academic highlight: Congressional overrides of Supreme Court decisions