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"Given the importance of the relationship between Congress and the federal court system, this book examines the interactions between those two institutions, focusing mostly on congressional attitudes toward the federal courts and federal judges. Although scholars have traditionally tended to study these institutions in isolation, we must always remember that these institutions are part of a larger system of government. The interactions between Congress and the federal courts (and especially the Supreme Court) are essential to maintaining judicial independence so that the courts can assert their proper voice in the American system of government"--Introduction.