Answering the call of the court how justices and litigants set the Supreme Court agenda - Baird, Vanessa A. 1970- (University of Virginia Press, 2007)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-217) and index
The Supreme Court in the U.S. legal system : appeals and case selection -- Explaining the Supreme Court's policy cycles -- Immigrants' rights, welfare, and federalism -- Cyclical patterns on the Supreme Court's agenda -- Corroborative analyses : the political and legal context of the Supreme Court -- The impact of moderate justices' preferences on the ideological placement of future cases