The United States Supreme Court frequently rejected congressional complaints related to foreign relations because they were considered “political matters” (Hook 115). Congress has sometimes used the courts to try to punish or restrain presidents. A case example is that of Goldwater et al. v. Carter. In this case, “…the Supreme Court upheld President Jimmy Carter's right to terminate the mutual defense treaty between the United States and Taiwan. In the opinion of the Court, the case was “political” because no clear violation of the Constitution had occurred” (Hook 116). Another example of the Supreme Court ruling in favor of the president came in a series of cases, Crockett v. Reagan and Lowry v. Reagan. In these cases, "...the Court again rejected as 'political' Congress's assertions that the President had overstepped his constitutional bounds by deploying troops to a foreign conflict" (Hook 116). The Supreme Court systematically rejected Congress’