Category Archives: Bush v. Gore reflections
Andy Rosenthal on Justice O’Connor Regretting Bush v. Gore
“O’Connor questions court’s decision to take Bush v. Gore”
Chicago Tribune:
Looking back, O’Connor said, she isn’t sure the high court should have taken the case.
“It took the case and decided it at a time when it was still a big election issue,” O’Connor said during a talk… Continue reading
“Inside Bush v. Gore”
I just received my advanced copy of former Florida Chief Justice Charley Wells memoir of the 2000 Florida controversy. I blurbed this book and enjoyed it very much. The one thing that’s missing—by design–is any description of the Court’s internal… Continue reading
“Kenya Vote Commission Cites Bush V Gore in Defense”
At least the case may have precedential value at a high court somewhere!
“Epilogue: Bush v. Gore and the Constitutional Right to Vote”
Sam Issacharoff and Rick Pildes have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming: Michael Alvarez and Bernard Grofman (eds), Election Administration in the United States: The State of Reform After Bush v. Gore, Cambridge University Press). Here is the abstract:
This… Continue reading
“The 2012 Voting Wars, Judicial Backstops, and the Resurrection of Bush v. Gore”
I have posted this draft on SSRN (part of the George Washington Law Review symposium on election law). Here is the abstract:
In 2000, some scholars predicted the Supreme Court’s controversial equal protection holding in Bush v. Gore that the… Continue reading
How the Health Care Case is Like Bush v. Gore
Justice Scalia: Get Over It.
Scalia on BvG: “The remedy for the case is always in the court’s discretion.”
Face the Nation Flashback: Bush v. Gore
Enough to turn your stomach if you are old enough to remember 2000.
“New Obama ad invokes 2000 recount”
This is the Obama campaign’s version of Samuel L. Jackson’s WTFU ad.
“Military voters as political pawns”
I have written this cover piece for the Sunday San Diego Union-Tribune opinion section. It begins:
It’s the election season, and the battle for the presidency and control of Congress is being fought not just through voter registration drives, endless… Continue reading
Justice O’Connor Comments on Bush v. Gore, Citizens United, and Health Care
See this report.
Justice O’Connor Suggests Bush v. Gore Was “Tipping Point” on SCOTUS Legitimacy
BLT:
Grassley pointed out that many Americans now disapprove of the Supreme Court’s performance, and the healthcare decision did not improve its popularity. He cited a news account that showed Americans believe the decision was based mainly on the… Continue reading
Justice Scalia Defends Citizens United, Campaign Disclosure, & Bush v. Gore; Says Gore Would Have Lost Anyway
Josh Gerstein reports.