Joan Biskupic: “Trump revives Bush v. Gore in his crusade against mail-in voting”
Reporting at CNN.
Category Archives: Bush v. Gore reflections
Must-read: “An Oral History of the Bush-Gore; Florida Recount Problems in a single state resulted in the craziest presidential election in modern American history. A warning for 2020.”
The Atlantic talks to key players 20 years later.
Today’s Must-Read in the LA Times: “TV coverage of Bush v. Gore is a scary reminder of what can go wrong on election night”
Stephen Battaglio for the LAT:
While it will be a challenge to turn the conventions into compelling television — broadcast networks ABC, CBS and NBC and cable news channels CNN, Fox News and MSNBC will carry live coverage in… Continue reading
Can Election Rules Be Changed After the Election?
That’s what the Oregon state legislature is alleged to have done in the strange and fascinating case of the City of Damascus, in which a petition for review is pending before the Oregon Supreme Court. It’s been called the undead … Continue reading
In Interview with NPR’s Nina Totenberg, Justice Ginsburg Reflects on Bush v. Gore
From an extensive interview:
TOTENBERG: Ginsburg has learned to take one day at a time. Her work and the court are her passions now, along, of course, with opera, literature and modern art. The reason that she and other… Continue reading
“The Census Case Is Shaping Up to Be the Biggest Travesty Since Bush v. Gore”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
The government’s conduct in the pending Supreme Court case about adding a citizenship question to the census has gone from indefensible to outrageous. In the case, which is likely to be… Continue reading
New Cert Petition Out of Disputed Connecticut Assembly Race Asks Supreme Court to Resolve an Apparent Circuit Split Over the Meaning of Bush v. Gore
The case is Feehan v. Marcone and the cert petition is here.
According to New Book on Justice O’Connor, J. Scalia Thought Equal Protection Rationale of Bush v. Gore Was “as We Say in Brooklyn, a Piece of Shit”
New book is “First” by Evan Thomas and here’s the excerpt, courtesy of Mike Sacks:
Some behind the scenes detail of Bush v Gore: -O’Connor backfired her bestie Breyer’s bid for Kennedy’s vote -Scalia went along with what he thought… Continue reading
Justice Stevens Tags Citizens United, Bush v. Gore as Two of Three “Grave Errors” of Supreme Court During His Time There
In interview with Adam Liptak:
The court’s “second-biggest error,” Justice Stevens said, was the Citizens United campaign finance decision. “Money in politics — it’s hard to believe the extent of it,” he said.
The third-biggest mistake, he said, was … Continue reading
“A historian on our broken election system: ‘it’s run by people with stake in the outcome'”
Vox interviews Charles Zelden.
“Reliving the 2000 Election — and Learning the Wrong Lessons”
Justin Levitt for the HLR Blog.
“Hanging Chads Long Gone, Florida Has Another Election Nightmare”
Tonight’s Must-Read from Ron Klain: “What’s the Matter with Florida?”
WaPo column:
As the general counsel of Al Gore’s 2000 recount effort in Florida, I’m often asked this question about the Senate and gubernatorial recounts now going on there: Why does “this” keep happening in Florida?
Part of what… Continue reading
Federal Court Declines to Extend Florida Recount Deadlines Due to Lack of Evidence Before It, But Suggests Bush v. Gore Would Bar Recounts Included in Vote Totals from Only Selected Counties
From the Court’s opinion:
By cosmic coincidence (or curse), it is Bush v. Gore that is most instructive in this Florida recount dispute. It is a foundational tenet of our democracy that “[t]he right to vote is protected in more… Continue reading