Judging the Supreme Court : constructions of motives in Bush v. Gore

Judging the Supreme Court : constructions of motives in Bush v. Gore / Clarke Rountree.

This volume questions the motives of Supreme Court justices in a landmark case: The Supreme Court's intervention in the presidential election of 2000, and its subsequent decision in favor of George W. Bush, elicited immediate, heated, and widespread debate. Critics argued that the justices used...

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Main Author: Rountree, Clarke, 1958-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, ©2007.
Series:Rhetoric and public affairs series.
Subjects:
Bush, George W. > (George Walker), > 1946- > Trials, litigation, etc.
Gore, Al, > 1948- > Trials, litigation, etc.
Bush, George W. > (George Walker), > 1946-
Gore, Al, > 1948-
United States. > Supreme Court > History.
United States. > Supreme Court
Contested elections > United States > History.
Political questions and judicial power > United States > History.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
Contested elections
Political questions and judicial power
United States
History
Trials, litigation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Judicial motives in American jurisprudence
  • The road to Bush v. Gore
  • The United States Supreme Court decides the election
  • The dissent reconstructs majority action
  • Reporters reconstruct the Supreme Court's action
  • Editorialists reconstruct Bush v. Gore
  • Scholars reconstruct the stay decision
  • Scholars reconstruct how the court reached its decision
  • Scholars reconstruct why the court reached its decision
  • Scholars reconstruct who decided Bush v. Gore
  • Scholars reconstruct when and where the court reached its decision and what it was doing
  • Scholars reconstruct Rehnquist's concurring opinion
  • Judging the Supreme Court and its judges.

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