Bush v. Gore
Subtitle: The Question of Legitimacy
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: May 11, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780300093797
Subjects: Central government; Constitutional & administrative law; Elections & referenda; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; USA; Constitutional; General; Political Science / General; (George Walker),; 1946-; 2000; Bush, George W; Bush, George W.; Contested elections; Election; Florida; Gore, Albert,; Presidents; Trials, litigation, etc; United States
Description: The Supreme Court's intervention in the 2000 election will shape American law and democracy long after George W. Bush has left the White House. This book brings together a broad range of preeminent legal scholars who address the larger questions raised by the Supreme Court's actions. Did the Court's decision violate the rule of law? Did it inaugurate an era of super-politicized jurisprudence? How should Bush v. Gore change the terms of debate over the next round of Supreme Court appointments? The contributors -- Bruce Ackerman, Jack Balkin, Guido Calabresi, Steven Calabresi, Owen Fiss, Charles Fried, Robert Post, Margaret Jane Radin, Jeffrey Rosen, Jed Rubenreid, Cass Sunstein, Laurence Tribe, and Mark Tushnet -- represent a broad political spectrum. Their reactions to the case are varied and surprising, filled with sparkling argument and spirited debate.