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1 online resource (xvi, 510 pages) |
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Rhetoric and public affairs series |
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Rhetoric and public affairs series.
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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 |
| Summary |
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 weak legal arguments to overturn the Florida Supreme Court's ruling, ending a ballot recount and awarding the presidency to Bush. More fundamentally, they questioned the motives of conservative judges who arrived at a decision in favor of the candidate who reflected their political leanings |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-495) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946- -- Trials, litigation, etc
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Gore, Al, 1948- -- Trials, litigation, etc
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Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946- fast |
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Gore, Al, 1948- fast |
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United States. Supreme Court -- History
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United States. Supreme Court fast |
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Contested elections -- United States -- History
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Political questions and judicial power -- United States -- History
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric.
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Contested elections
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Political questions and judicial power
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United States
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History
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Trials, litigation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2007035870 |
| ISBN |
9781609170936 |
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1609170938 |
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