The Curious Incident of Trump and the Courts: Interbranch Deference in an Age of Populism

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Author	Bruce G. Peabody
Position	Professor of Political Science, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, New Jersey, B.A., 1991, Wesleyan University, Ph.D., 2000, University of Texas at Austin
Pages	237-256

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Given President Donald Trump’s generally non-deferential posture towards national

political and governing institutions, why hasn’t his administration produced

greater tension with respect to judges, courts, and established norms of judicial

independence? Increased politicization of the judiciary, deepening partisanship, and

distinct attributes of the President himself all seem to set up a climate of interbranch

confrontation likely to challenge judicial independence norms. But at least in the

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analysis documents and accounts for this puzzle, ultimately contending that the

President’s unexpected (and admittedly fragile) institutional comity can be traced to

his personal history of relying on legal safeguards and authority as well as a complex

stew of partisan and ideological uncertainty about the future direction of courts.

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Comity, Federal Courts, Judicial Independence, Judicial Politics, Partisanship,

Populism, Separation of Powers, Trump

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         



   



   

       

      

         







            

            



              

        

       

   

           

            



          









         

 In His Own Words: The President’s Attacks on the Courts, 



 Bowe Bergdahl’s Sentence: No Prison Time



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